Legal Opinion
County Council v. Gendleman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 1962No. [No. 130, September Term, 1961.]PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bruñe, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellees, the Gendlemans, applied to the County Council for Montgomery County, sitting as a District Council for that County, pursuant to Ch. 780 of the Acts of 1959, to rezone certain property owned by the appellees from a residential classification, R-60, to the commercial office classification, C-O. The Council denied the application, the appellees took an appeal to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, and that Court held that the action of the Council was “arbitrary, capricious, discriminatory and therefore illegal” and accordingly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Marino v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Walker v. Board of County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- City of Baltimore v. CohnCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
- Montgomery County Council v. ScrimgeourCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Conley v. Montgomery CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Mayor of Annapolis v. Annapolis Waterfront Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Agneslane, Inc. v. LucasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Eger v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- QUEEN COMMISSIONERS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY v. MilesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Bujno v. Montgomery County CouncilCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
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