Floyd v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

This case concerns taxpayer standing, and, specifically, whether certain individuals satisfied the requirements of taxpayer standing to maintain a challenge against comprehensive rezoning ordinances and a new zoning map enacted in Baltimore City. Recently, in Anne Arundel Cty. v. Bell , 442 Md. 539 , 576-77, 113 A.3d 639 , 661-62 (2015), we explained that taxpayer standing is a "common law standing doctrine [that] permits taxpayers to seek the aid of courts, exercising equity powers, to enjoin illegal and ultra vires [ 1 ] acts of public officials where those acts are reasonably likely to…