Valle v. Pressman

On the day after argument we affirmed by per curiam order a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City which held that the purported nomination of Francis J. Valle as Democratic candidate for State’s Attorney of Baltimore by the State Central Committee of Baltimore City (the “City Committee”) was invalid and that paper writings submitted to the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City, purporting to certify Valle’s nomination by the Committee, were null and void. The reasons for the affirmance follow.

Saul A. Harris, who had been nominated as the Democratic candidate for State’s…