explaining that declaratory judgment is inappropriate where issue is moot or where it will not serve a useful purpose or terminate a controversy
How later courts described this case
- explaining that declaratory judgment is inappropriate where issue is moot or where it will not serve a useful purpose or terminate a controversy
- observing that “[j]usticiability encompasses a number of requirements,” including that “the plaintiffs must have standing to bring suit”
- while the power of direct legislative initiative may constitute a part of the form and structure of government, such power is repugnant to Article XI-A of the Constitution
- "Because [co-plaintiff] has standing as a taxpayer, and the case could proceed with [co-plaintiff] as the only plaintiff, we need not determine whether the County also has standing to bring the suit.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
COLE, Judge,
dissenting:
I dissent for reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Cheeks v. Cedlair Corp., 287 Md. 595, 632 , 415 A.2d 255 (1980).