Prince George's County v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

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• holding that the RDA governed in the disagreements between the Prince George's County Charter and the RDA at issue in that case
• holding that the RDA governed in the disagreements between the Prince George’s County Charter and the RDA at issue in that case
• discussing the County Council’s reliance on the advice of the County Attorney
• relying on Liss to recognize standing and conclude that declaratory relief was proper because the controversy between Commission and County went to the heart of the Commission’s ability to carry out its legislative mandate
• finding a declaratory judgment action was the proper vehicle to determine whether the County Charter exceeded the power granted under the Maryland Code and that a declaration would terminate any uncertainty caused by “assertion of the Council’s rights or privileges”
• public general laws supercede local law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).