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Frosh can seek relief for nursing-home residents, court says
Maryland’s attorney general can seek a court order blocking the involuntary discharge of multiple nursing-home residents, state’s top court unanimously rules.
Attorney representing Calvert County company suspended for 30 days
The state’s highest court has suspended a Calvert County attorney for 30 days for taking steps in a case that were not authorized by the client while representing a limited […]
State’s questioning of defendant’s silence spurs Court of Appeals review
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court will consider whether prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a subsequently convicted first-degree murderer by questioning him at trial about what he did not tell […]
Md. top court to decide whether siblings of participants in Kennedy Krieger lead-paint abatement study can sue
Maryland’s top court will determine if siblings of participants in the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s lead-paint abatement study more than 20 years ago can sue the institute for negligence. The Court […]
Md. high court weighs constitutionality of juvenile life sentences
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals should set parole-reviewing standards to ensure that people sentenced as juveniles to life in prison have a “meaningful opportunity” for release based on […]
Court of Appeals to decide future of ‘juvenile lifers’
Walter Irving Maddox was on the phone making New Year’s Eve plans when he heard a knock on the door of his secluded Maryland cottage steps from the creek where […]
Md. high court considers whether drug-detecting dogs deserve deference
ANNAPOLIS – Appellate courts should review anew the qualifications of drug-sniffing dogs when determining if police had probable cause to search a vehicle based on the canines’ whiff, a defense […]
Judiciary seeks 5 percent budget boost
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Judiciary seeks $591.4 million in fiscal year 2019 – a 5 percent increase from the $562.9 million appropriated for the judicial branch this fiscal year, which […]
Howard Co. judge files exceptions in disciplinary case
Judge Mary C. Reese filed exceptions to the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities' findings that she committed sanctionable conduct in a 2015 case.
Court of Appeals disbars veteran Baltimore lawyer
Maryland’s top court disbarred Friday a veteran Baltimore attorney for violating about 10 of the Lawyers Rules of Professional Conduct, including mishandling client funds, taking money from his trust account […]
Baltimore judge urges Court of Appeals to overturn reprimand
ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore judge’s public reprimand for judicial misconduct must be overturned because her right to due process was violated by a disciplinary body that essentially convicted her without […]
Md. high court rejects bank’s pursuit of mortgage reformation
The Court of Appeals rejected a second attempt to reform a mortgage and foreclose on a Cockeysville couple’s property Monday, finding the bank trustee was barred by claim and issue preclusion […]
