Shapiro v. Sherwood

This is an appeal from the action of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, dismissing petitions filed under Maryland’s Fair Election Practices Act, Maryland Code (1957, 1967 Repl. Vol., 1967 Cum. Supp,)' Art. 33 § 26-1 if (the Act) and entering judgment for the defendants for costs.

On 7 September 1967, primary elections were held in the City of Baltimore. The appellant, Samuel Shapiro, unsuccessfully sought to be nominated as the Republican candidate for the office of mayor. The appellant, Leonard. J. Kerpelman, was a similarly unsuccessful candidate for the same office in the Democratic…