Legal Opinion
Muller v. Curran
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1989No. 88-2896PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge.
The questions presented in this appeal are whether a Maryland statute relating to incorporation of an unincorporated area violates the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution and, if so, whether the challenged portion of the statute should be severed, with the rest of the statute left intact.1 Plaintiffs-appellants seek a declaratory judgment holding the offending section of the Maryland statute unconstitutional. However, they also maintain that the remainder of the statutory scheme should survive under principles of severability. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carey v. Population Services InternationalSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Exxon Corp. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hill v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- City of Seattle v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- Curtis v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Barefoot v. City of WilmingtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- Tepeyac v. Montgomery CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2011
- In re the City of Beckley to Annex ex rel. West Virginia Route 3 Right-of-Way Beginning at the Present Corporate LimitsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
- Muller v. CurranCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
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