context: In order for an individual to have standing to seek an injunction against a market competitor's violations of the law, the law allegedly violated must be one that protects the individual's interest in avoiding competition.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 189 A. 209, 210
citation_a.parenthetical: liquor licensees have no standing to compel the revocation of their competitors' licenses that were allegedly improperly renewed because, inter alia, "it was not within the purpose of the [licensing] statute to restrict competition for the benefit of any licensee"
citation_a.sentence: Cook, 176 Md. at 399, 4 A.2d at 749 (rejecting standing on the grounds that “the requirements of the building code to which reference is made ... are not at all intended to confer privileges or advantages on owners of other theaters”); see also Kreatchman v. Ramsburg, 224 Md. 209, 222, 167 A.2d 345, 352 (1961) (a competitor cannot appeal a zoning decree allowing the construction of a rival store because “competition is not a proper element of zoning”); Baltimore Retail Liquor Package Stores Ass’n v. Board of License Comm’rs, 171 Md. 426, 429, 189 A. 209, 210 (1936) (liquor licensees have no standing to compel the revocation of their competitors’ licenses that were allegedly improperly renewed because, inter alia, “it was not within the purpose of the [licensing] statute to restrict competition for the benefit of any licensee”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 4 A.2d 749, 749
citation_b.parenthetical: rejecting standing on the grounds that "the requirements of the building code to which reference is made ... are not at all intended to confer privileges or advantages on owners of other theaters"
citation_b.sentence: Cook, 176 Md. at 399, 4 A.2d at 749 (rejecting standing on the grounds that “the requirements of the building code to which reference is made ... are not at all intended to confer privileges or advantages on owners of other theaters”); see also Kreatchman v. Ramsburg, 224 Md. 209, 222, 167 A.2d 345, 352 (1961) (a competitor cannot appeal a zoning decree allowing the construction of a rival store because “competition is not a proper element of zoning”); Baltimore Retail Liquor Package Stores Ass’n v. Board of License Comm’rs, 171 Md. 426, 429, 189 A. 209, 210 (1936) (liquor licensees have no standing to compel the revocation of their competitors’ licenses that were allegedly improperly renewed because, inter alia, “it was not within the purpose of the [licensing] statute to restrict competition for the benefit of any licensee”).