Legal Opinion
Washington Free Community v. State's Attorney of Montgomery County
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 5, 1970No. Civ. No. 20610PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge:
Plaintiff, which publishes an “underground” newspaper known as The Washington Free Press, seeks a judgment (1) declaring that §§ 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 and portions of § 6 of Article 85A of the Maryland Code (generally known as the Ober Act) are unconstitutional and may not validly be enforced; (2) enjoining defendants, the State’s Attorney of Montgomery County, Maryland, the Attorney General of Maryland, and the Special Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Subversive Activities from enforcing any of those sections against the plaintiff, its officers, directors and…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
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