Legal Opinion
Runnels v. Newell
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 28, 2008No. 1374, Sept. Term, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SALMON, Judge.
In 2000 Robert Greenleaf was appointed State’s Attorney for Caroline County, Maryland. He secured the Democratic nomination and ran for election for that job in November 2002. Of the ten employees of the Caroline County State’s Attorney’s office, three actively campaigned for Mr. Greenleaf, viz.: Susan Runnels, Marjorie Cooper, and Delores McBride, Esq., an Assistant State’s Attorney. Mr. Greenleaf was defeated at the polls on November 5, 2002, by Jonathan G. Newell.
About five weeks after his election victory, Mr. Newell had a meeting with Ms. Runnels, Ms. Cooper, and Ms.…
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