Title: Prince George's Cnty. v. Thurston

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

Circuit Court for Prince George’s County 
Case No. CAL22-01728 
Argued: March 4, 2022 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
 
No. 63 
 
September Term, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY 
 
v. 
 
ROBERT E. THURSTON, et al. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Getty, C.J., 
Watts 
 
Hotten 
 
Booth 
 
Biran 
 
Gould 
McDonald, Robert N.  
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) 
  
JJ. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM ORDER 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filed:  March 7, 2022
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2022-03-07 
13:23-05:00
 
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY 
 
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IN THE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COURT OF APPEALS 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COA-REG-0063-2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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No. 63 
 
ROBERT E. THURSTON, et al. 
 
 
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September Term, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the filings by Prince George’s County, Petitioner, and Robert 
E. Thurston, et al., Respondents, and oral argument conducted in the above-captioned case 
on March 4, 2022, 
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2022, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County 
issued an “Order of Court and Declaratory Judgment,” permanently enjoining Prince 
George’s County, Maryland and the Prince George’s County Council from implementing 
or otherwise presenting the redistricting plan passed by resolution in CR-123-2021 to any 
entity charged with acting upon or implementing the County’s redistricting plan,  
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ordered that the 
redistricting plan in CR-123-2021 be immediately withdrawn and that the Prince George’s 
County Redistricting Commission’s plan be submitted to all entities charged with acting 
upon or implementing the County’s redistricting plan,  
WHEREAS, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County ordered that any 
publication of the redistricting plan in CR-123-2021 immediately cease and desist or that 
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the plan be otherwise withdrawn from public view to the extent practicable and within the 
control of the County and/or Council, 
For reasons to be stated later in an opinion to be filed, it is this 7th day of March, 
2022, 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the “Order of Court and 
Declaratory Judgment” issued on January 31, 2022 by the Circuit Court for Prince 
George’s County, be, and it is hereby, AFFIRMED in all respects; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the redistricting plan prepared by the Commission and submitted 
to the Council on September 1, 2021, which became effective by operation of law under 
Section 305 of the Charter for Prince George’s County on November 30, 2021, shall be 
used for all purposes in acting upon or implementing the County’s redistricting plan; and 
it further 
ORDERED, that costs are to be paid by the Petitioner and the mandate is to issue 
forthwith. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     /s/ Joseph M. Getty 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
              Chief Judge