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of the Attorney General (2014)
98 Opinions
of the Attorney General (2013)
97 Opinions
of the Attorney General (2012)
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of the Attorney General (2011)
95 Opinions
of the Attorney General (2010)
94 Opinions
of the Attorney General (2009)
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of the Attorney General (2008)
92 Opinions of the Attorney General (2007)
91 Opinions
of the Attorney General (2006)
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of the Attorney General (2005)
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88 Opinions of the Attorney General (2003)
87 Opinions of the Attorney General (2002)
86 Opinions of the Attorney General (2001)
85 Opinions of the Attorney General (2000)
84 Opinions of the Attorney General (1999)
83 Opinions of the Attorney General (1998)
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Opinions of the Attorney General (1997)
81 Opinions of the Attorney General (1996)
80 Opinions of the Attorney General (1995)
79 Opinions of the Attorney General (1994)
78 Opinions
of the Attorney General (1993)
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- Whether the State has the authority to adopt criteria for allocating ventilators during a flu pandemic and, if so, whether a physician who acts in accordance with those criteria to remove a patient from a ventilator in order to make the ventilator available to another individual would risk liability for doing so.
- Whether a county commissioner, who is also a public school employee, may vote on matters impacting the local board of education.
- Issues raised by the Maryland Advisory Council on Libraries relating to the respective roles of a county's governing body and a library board of trustees with respect to the use of library personnel, funds, and records.
- Whether the Commission on Artistic Property has the authority to transfer, through a process known as "deaccession," artistic property that is currently in the custody of the Commission and, if so, whether such transfers are governed by the provisions of the State Finance & Procurement Article that apply to transfers of State property generally, or whether the Commission may adopt its own standards, either through the formulation of informal policy or through formal rulemaking.
- Whether the Court of Appeals' Administrative Order on Judicial Absences from Court, as recently amended, discriminates on the basis of religion by requiring judges who wish to take time off for religious observances to do so by taking accumulated personal and annual leave instead of unpaid administrative leave.
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