Campbell v. Mayor of Annapolis

We have found that when individuals speak of principles they usually mean that they object to the application of rules connected with certain systems. The objections, though frequently involving matters of minimal financial importance, nevertheless require the expenditure of large sums of money and the investment of great amounts of time on the part of the litigants and the judicial system. Unfortunately, such actions accomplish very little other than the derived satisfaction of one's “standing up for a principle.”

In this case the appellee, Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis…