Dzurec v. Bd. Of Cty. Comm'rs Calvert Cty.

Susan Dzurec, et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County, Maryland, et al., No. 1, September Term, 2022, Opinion by Booth, J. PUBLIC ETHICS LAW—CONFLICTS OF INTEREST—RIGHT TO DECLARATORY RELIEF The Calvert County Ethics Code prohibits local elected officials from participating in matters in which they have a conflict of interest. Petitioners filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Calvert County seeking a declaratory judgment that the Calvert County Comprehensive Plan was “illegally passed” and was “therefore void” because one member of the Board of County Commissioners of…