O'HARA v. Kovens

MOTZ, Judge.

This appeal is the latest, and perhaps the final, chapter of the litigation arising out of the alleged impropriety involved in former Governor Marvin Mandel’s 1971 veto of legislation to provide additional racing dates for a Maryland race track. Critical to determination of this case is resolution of the question of whether the former governor’s motives for that veto can be examined by a court in a tort action against his alleged co-conspirators based on the veto. Because the separation of powers doctrine bars judicial inquiry into the former governor’s motives for his veto, we…