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6 Maryland opinions name it 2 courts 1942–2024 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Maryland courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Petersongreen2 sentences2024This Court has defined the terms “‘whenever practicable’ or ‘as practicable,’ [as being] ‘[] of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means furnish[ing] a definite and fixed rule.’” State v. Peterson, 315 Md. 73, 87 (1989) (quoting Lankford v. Somerset County Com’rs, 73 Md. 105 , 113–14 (1890)). 2024This Court has defined the terms “‘whenever practicable’ or ‘as practicable,’ [as being] ‘[] of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means furnish[ing] a definite and fixed rule.’” State v. Peterson, 315 Md. 73, 87 (1989) (quoting Lankford v. Somerset County Com’rs, 73 Md. 105 , 113–14 (1890)). | 3 | 3 |
Robey v. Broersmagreen2 sentences2022See, e.g., State v. Peterson, 315 Md. 73, 88 (1989) (“[T]he phrase ‘whenever practicable’ is flexible and depends upon the particular circumstances pertinent to the case.”); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341 (1943) (“But these words, ‘as soon thereafter as practicable,’ are of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means furnish a definite and fixed rule.” (citation omitted)); see also Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019) (defining “practicable” as “reasonably capable of being accomplished; feasible in a particular situ 1972Vol.) Art. 41, § 45, which provides, “every bill . . . shall, as soon thereafter as practical, be . . . presented to the Governor for his approval. . . .” Our predecessors have held this phrase to be “of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means [to] furnish a definite and fixed rule,” Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 26 A. 2d 820, 29 A. 2d 827 (1942, modified on reargument, 1943), quoting from Lankford v. Somerset Co., 73 Md. 105 , 20 A. 1017 , 22 A. 412 (1890). | 3 | 3 |
Lankford v. County Commissionersgreen2 sentences2024This Court has defined the terms “‘whenever practicable’ or ‘as practicable,’ [as being] ‘[] of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means furnish[ing] a definite and fixed rule.’” State v. Peterson, 315 Md. 73, 87 (1989) (quoting Lankford v. Somerset County Com’rs, 73 Md. 105 , 113–14 (1890)). 2024This Court has defined the terms “‘whenever practicable’ or ‘as practicable,’ [as being] ‘[] of a relative and dependent character, to be controlled more or less by the circumstances of the case, and by no means furnish[ing] a definite and fixed rule.’” State v. Peterson, 315 Md. 73, 87 (1989) (quoting Lankford v. Somerset County Com’rs, 73 Md. 105 , 113–14 (1890)). | 1 | 5 |
Selinger v. Governor of Marylandgreen2 sentences1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 298 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). 1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 293 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). | 1 | 1 |
Wilson v. United Statesgreen2 sentences1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 298 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). 1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 293 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). | 1 | 1 |
Tripp v. Slaytongreen2 sentences1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 298 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). 1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 293 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). | 1 | 1 |
Frommhagen v. Hodgsongreen2 sentences1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 298 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). 1989See Selinger v. Governor of Maryland, 266 Md. 431, 435 , 293 A.2d 817, 819 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1111 , 93 S.Ct. 922 , 34 L.Ed.2d 693 (1972); Robey v. Broersma, 181 Md. 325, 341, 29 A.2d 827 , 830 (1943). | 1 | 1 |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Maryland. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Johnson v. Luers
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2 sentences1972“Practicable” has been held to mean not practicable for the officials of the Legislature but practicable from the standpoint of proper consideration by the Governor, Robey v. Broersma, supra, 181 Md. at 341; *436 Johnson v. Luers, 129 Md. 521, 526-527 , 99 A. 710 (1916). 1972“Practicable” has been held to mean not practicable for the officials of the Legislature but practicable from the standpoint of proper consideration by the Governor, Robey v. Broersma, supra, 181 Md. at 341; *436 Johnson v. Luers, 129 Md. 521, 526-527 , 99 A. 710 (1916). | 1 | 1972–1972 |