Hamdan v. Klimovitz

(Retired, Specially Assigned).

Appellant, Hassan Hamdan (Hamdan or appellant), a Harford County pawnbroker, contended unsuccessfully in the Circuit Court for Harford County that sections 188-3 and 188-4 of the Harford County Code were preempted by Title 12 of the Maryland Business Regulation Article. Section 188-3 *317requires “[ejvery pawnbroker doing business in the county” to submit to “the Sheriff of the County, a list of articles bought, traded or pledged” daily. Section 188-4 spells out in detail what must be included in that list. We would affirm but for the failure of the trial court to…