BALTIMORE -- Baltimore City leaders are questioning an Anne Arundel County judge's ruling that calls a crucial ballot question needed for the redevelopment at the Inner Harbor unconstitutional. The ruling, which the Maryland State Board of Elections can appeal, delivered a major blow to the Harborplace redevelopment plans.

A ballot question needed for the proposed redevelopment of Baltimore’s Harborplace was ruled to be in violation of the Maryland Constitution on Monday by a circuit court judge, a turn that comes after ballot printing has already begun.

Mayor Brandon Scott said Wednesday that the city would file to join the state’s attorney general in appealing the nullification of a Baltimore ballot question needed for the redevelopment of Harborplace.