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holding that the issue of whether a defendant is a public official is a matter of law for the court to the extent the issue does not hinge on factual disputes
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No. 100, September Term, 1994.
November 18, 1994.
Certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals (Circuit Court for Baltimore City), Joseph P. McCurdy, Jr., Judge.
Neal M. Janey, City Sol., Frank C. Derr, Associate Sol., William R. Phelan, Jr., Principal Counsel, Baltimore, for petitioner.
Kathleen Howard Meredith, P.C., David J. Wildberger (Semmes, Bowen Semmes), Baltimore, for respondent.
Submitted before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.
For reasons stated by Chief Judge Alan M. Wilner for the Court of Special Appeals in Artis v. Cyphers, 100 Md. App. 633, 642 A.2d 298 (1994), the judgment is summarily affirmed.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED, WITH COSTS.