Legal Opinion
Comprehensive Accounting Service Co. v. Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 22, 1979No. [No. 51, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.
We granted certiorari in this case prior to decision by the Court of Special Appeals primarily to consider the constitutionality under the first and fourteenth amendments to the federal constitution of a statute which prohibits a non-certified accountant from holding itself out to the public as an “accountant” or describing the services it performs as “accounting” services.(1)
The practice of public accountancy in Maryland is regulated by the State Board of Public Accountancy (the Board) pursuant to the provisions of Maryland Code (1957,1975 Repl. Vol.), Art. 75A. The Board is authorized by §…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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