Legal Opinion
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Mano Swartz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 8, 1973No. [No. 145, September Term, 1972.]PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
For the second time we have before us an attack on the validity of Ordinance No. 663 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City), approved 1 November 1965, now Baltimore City Code Art. 1, § 39 (1966) (the Ordinance), which was designed to regulate signs in the central business district of Baltimore.
There was testimony that the City had been so successful in limiting the size and design of signs in agreements for the sale of sites in the Charles Center renewal area that a decision was made to endeavor to achieve uniformity in the whole of the downtown district.
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2Cases cited39 opinions
- Dowsey v. Village of KensingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- State ex rel. Carter v. HarperWisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- State ex rel. Civello v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Smith v. HiginbothomCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Montgomery County v. Woodward & Lothrop, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- John Donnelly & Sons, Inc. v. Outdoor Advertising BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Donnelly Advertising Corp. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Mayor of Baltimore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Zellinger v. CRC Development Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
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