ELR Citation: ELR 20101
No(s). 20,430 Equity (Md. Cir. Ct. Feb 25, 1972)

Maryland statute that prohibits dredging of all marshlands in one county of the state, including those privately owned, is a valid exercise of the police power to regulate private property and is not a taking of property without compensation. Although more restrictive than the statute applicable to ...