Phillips v. Klassen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[t]he words of [Article 8] appear to be plain enough, but they have not been accepted in their literal sense”
• upholding legislative act that placed the Baltimore City Police Department under the control of Police Commissioners appointed by the State’s General Assembly 10
• “The words of the Article appear to be plain enough, but they have not been accepted in their literal sense.”
• \Under the Constitution of Maryland the City of Baltimore is recognized as a public corporation ... and ... it is in nowise distinguished from that of the several counties....\
• dissent op. 394 Md. at 625-27, 907 A.2d at 238-39
• “In considering the question as to the separation of the departments, we are to bear in mind that the Declaration of Rights is not to be construed by itself, according to its literal meaning; * * * entire practical separation was not designed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).