Case Title: Abrams v. Lamone

Citation: 394 Md. 305

Docket Number: 

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
No. 142
September Term, 2005
         
         STEPHEN N. ABRAMS
                
 v.
      LINDA H. LAMONE, et al. 
    
Bell, C.J.
Raker
Wilner
Cathell
Harrell
Greene
Eldridge, John C. (Retired,
Specially Assigned), 
 JJ.
     PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: August 25, 2006
 
STEPHEN N. ABRAMS
 
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IN THE
       
*
COURT OF APPEALS
v.
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OF MARYLAND
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No. 142
LINDA H. LAMONE, et al.
*    September Term, 2005
   PER CURIAM ORDER
                                
      
For reasons to be stated later in an opinion to be filed, it
is this 25th day of August, 2006,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of
the Court concurring, that the judgment of the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County be, and it is hereby, reversed, and the case is
remanded to that court with instructions to enter (1) a declaratory
judgment that Thomas Perez does not possess the Constitutional
qualifications for the office of Attorney General by reason of not
having practiced law in Maryland for a period of ten years as
required by Article V, Section 4 of the Maryland Constitution, and
(2) an order directing that the name of Thomas Perez be removed
from the ballot at the September, 2006 primary election.  Costs to
be paid by the appellees.  Mandate to issue forthwith.
/s/ Robert M. Bell            
     Chief Judge