Karson's Inns v. Mayor & City Council
BALTIMORE CITY SUPERIOR COURT (Cases Instituted) Karson's Inns, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 1962, JFC no. 2, pps. 990, 1074, case no. 74578 [MSA C1497-217, 2/17/6/14]
As noted in docket, case papers destroyed per court rule, 7/7/1986
"Karson's Inns, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council, Superior Court," Baltimore City Law Department, City Solicitor Casefiles, file no. 106,265
Note: File number is from Law Department Docket. On 3/21/07, JH spoke with the staff of the Baltimore City Archives, who were unable to locate this file.
Case referenced in opinion for Bell:
Baltimore City enacted an ordinance like the State public accommodations law (Ordinance No. 1249) on June 8, 1962, shortly before the passage of the State law. That ordinance was declared invalid by the Superior Court of Baltimore City, on the ground that it was in conflict with the State Criminal Trespass statute..., a public general law, and, hence, beyond the power of the City to enact. Karson's Inn, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, Daily Record, February 4, 1963. This Court, on August 6, 1964, dismissed the appeal as moot, because the General Assembly of Maryland by Ch. 453 of the Laws of 1963, without otherwise changing the statute, had repealed and re-enacted the Criminal Trespass Act to provide that nothing therein contained should preclude the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore from enacting a public accommodations act, and that the City had enacted such an ordinance, Ordinance 103, approved February 26, 1964. (236 Md. 356, n1 at 359.)
Chapter 453, Laws of 1963, p. 703
ATTORNEY GENERAL (Case file) Kaisons (Karson's) Inn, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council, et al., Box 333 File No. 6667-62 [MSA T2261-190, HF/5/12/48]