Legal Opinion
State v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 8, 1989No. 106, September Term, 1987PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
In 1965, the Maryland General Assembly enacted Chapter 399 of the Acts of 1965, then codified as Maryland Code (1957, 1965 Cum.Supp.), Art. 81, § 19(e), and presently codified as Code (1986, 1988 Cum.Supp.), § 8-213 of the Tax-Property Article, which authorized the State to enter into agreements with private country clubs under which the *259clubs would maintain their land as open spaces in exchange for favorable assessment of those lands for property tax purposes.1 As originally enacted, this legislation was silent with respect to any type of discrimination. In 1965, pursuant to…
2Cases cited72 opinions
- Hishon v. King & SpaldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Ashton v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Murphy v. EdmondsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- Hyson v. Montgomery County CouncilCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Ritchie v. DonnellyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
- Conaway v. DeaneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
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