O'CONNOR v. Baltimore County

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[l]ocal ordinances and charters are interpreted under the same canons of construction that apply to the interpretation of statutes”
• stating that a dispute over whether employment regulations enacted by the County violated the County charter is not a factual dispute
• affirming the lower court’s determination that no material factual dispute existed where plaintiff’s argument was purely legal, and defendant did not contest the asserted facts
• construing amendment to municipal charter authorized under Article XI-E, §§ 3 and 4 of the Maryland Constitution
• “We will not ... ‘insert language to impose exceptions ... not set forth by the legislature’ ”
• “Local ordinances and charters are interpreted under the same canons of construction that apply to the interpretation of statutes.”

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