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Ward v. State

Citations

  • 374 A.2d 1118
  • 280 Md. 485
  • 89 A.L.R. 3d 874
  • 1977 Md. LEXIS 863

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding state prosecution of pilot for operating an’aircraft in a reckless manner, and holding that the Federal Aviation Act did not preempt Maryland criminal laws
  • House Report on federal aeronautic crimes “ ‘emphasize[d] that it is not our intent to divest the states of any jurisdiction they now have’ ”
  • statute making it a crime to operate aircraft while intoxicated does not conflict with federal law which, while proscribing identical conduct, imposes civil, rather than criminal penalties; therefore, defendant’s conviction under the statute upheld
  • examining state law criminalizing drinking while operating an aircraft
  • similar criminal regulation of conduct not preempted
  • Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Eldridge, J.

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Judges: Orth, Eldridge

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