Case Title: County Commissioners v. Pfaff

Citation: 384 Md. 22

Docket Number: 6/04

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2004-12-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
In the Circuit Court for Carroll County
       IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
No. 6
September Term, 2004
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FOR CARROLL COUNTY
v.
JOHN W. PFAFF BUILDERS, INC., ET AL.
            _____________________________________
No. 40
September Term, 2004
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR
CARROLL COUNTY
v.
FORTY WEST BUILDERS, INC., ET AL.
____________________________________
No. 45
September Term, 2004
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR
CARROLL COUNTY
v.
KOHLER DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION
__________________________________
Bell, C.J.
Raker
Wilner
Cathell
Harrell
Battaglia
Greene,
   JJ.
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Per Curiam 
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Filed:   December 3, 2004
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We granted certiorari on our own initiative in these three cases and consolidated them
for argument to consider the validity of a Carroll County ordinance that imposed a one-year
moratorium on the processing of residential development plans.  By the time we were able
to hear the case, however, the moratorium had expired and was not renewed.  The issue we
took the cases to decide is therefore moot, and there is no indication that it is likely to recur
in any kind of similar factual setting, as the basis for the moratorium has, itself, been dealt
with by subsequent county legislation.  We shall therefore dismiss these appeals.
APPEALS DISMISSED.  COSTS TO BE
PAID BY CARROLL COUNTY.