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· 3/13/1981

Attorney General of Maryland v. Waldron

Citations

  • 426 A.2d 929
  • 289 Md. 683
  • 17 A.L.R. 4th 794
  • 1981 Md. LEXIS 198

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “each provision is independent, and a violation of one is not necessarily a violation of the other”
  • explaining that the Supreme Court has reached a similar result in interpreting the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment
  • explaining that the Supreme Court has reached a similar result in interpreting the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment
  • noting that where a legislative enactment “invades protected rights to life, liberty, property or other interests secured by the fundamental doctrines of our jurisprudence, there is rea son to be especially vigilant” in the exercise of rational basis review.
  • striking down statute that prohibited pensioner retired judges from practicing law because it “effectively denie[d] persons the ability to 57 pursue their chosen vocation”
  • striking down statute that prohibited pensioner retired judges from practicing law because it “effectively denie[d] persons the ability to 57 pursue their chosen vocation”

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Digges, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Rodowsky

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