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Maryland’s retiring top judge recalls ‘sleepless nights’ as she prepares to pass ‘the baton’
Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera didn't expect to spend her last 18 months trying to keep courts open in an effort to stanch a pandemic.
Md. high court opens term, will hear sniper, student school board member cases
Maryland’s top court opened its 2021-2022 session Wednesday, a term in which it will take up the appeal of a Beltway sniper in considering whether the state constitution permits violent […]
Barbera’s final term included First Amendment, lost pet, gangland slaying cases
Maryland’s top court ended its 2020-2021 session Tuesday having issued rulings upholding Baltimore’s billboard tax against a free-speech challenge, limiting the compensation available for a negligently killed pet over a […]
Consumer protection law covers debt collectors’ payment request, Md. high court says
Maryland law protects debtors not only against debt collectors who resort to harassment but also those who knowingly or recklessly seek amounts or interest rates beyond that permitted by statute […]
Md. high court affirms $30.7M award to Baltimore police, fire retirees
A unanimous Maryland high court on Monday upheld a $30.7 million award to Baltimore police and firefighters who were retired or retirement eligible as of June 30, 2010, to compensate […]
Maryland high court overturns sentence, calls judge’s comments unfair
A judge violated a convict's rights by denying his request to have his mother testify and to prepare a report before sentencing, Maryland’s top court ruled.
Handgun possession crime requires no knowledge, Maryland high court says
Defendants need not know they were wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun to be found guilty of the crime, Maryland’s high court unanimously rules.
Maryland high court will weigh exception to mandatory voir dire question
Maryland’s top court will consider if judge’s failure to ask prospective jurors if they respect defendants' right not to testify is harmless if they do testify.
Defendants have greater right under Md.’s Constitution than U.S., high court says
The Maryland Constitution gives criminal defendants a greater right to confront prosecution witnesses than guaranteed under the federal Constitution, Maryland’s top court said Thursday in holding that the accused have […]
Md. high court lets stand judge’s slash of $20M award to $1
A judge’s slashing of a $20 million jury verdict to $1 will stand after Maryland’s top court on Monday declined without comment to hear a Baltimore defense company’s argument that […]
Maryland high court lacks last word in denied post-conviction appeals
Maryland’s top court does not necessarily have the last word when convicts appeal their convictions.
Maryland high court nixes company’s stock buyback plan
Maryland’s top court nixed a real estate company’s Great Recession-era bid to buy back shares of its Class B Stock for about a penny on each dollar invested.
