Legal Opinion
Dorf v. Skolnik
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 11, 1977No. [No. 153, September Term, 1976.]PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We shall here give the reasons for the per curiam order we filed in this matter on January 28, 1977. We there affirmed the determination of a trial judge (Proctor, J.) that one of the appellants, Jayme Dorf (Miss Dorf), is no longer a member of the Democratic State Central Committee for the 42nd Legislative District and, as a consequence, that the Governor of Maryland might not appoint the nominee of that committee, as such nominee, to fill a then existing vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates.
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