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Top court: Insurance no bar to fee award
Target of frivolous litigation can recover, no matter who paid lawyer.
Top court explains why 17-year-olds can vote in primaries
The state constitution "is not in conflict with" the election law allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections, according to the Court of Appeals.
Editorial: A new era for Maryland’s Judiciary
The governor’s decision to put Judge Mary Ellen Barbera in charge of the Court of Appeals is one for the history books, as she will be the first woman to head the state’s Judiciary since its establishment in Colonial times.
O’Malley appoints Barbera as chief judge of Court of Appeals
Gov. Martin O'Malley has appointed Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Mary Ellen Barbera to be the first female chief judge of the state's highest court and also elevated Judge Shirley Watts from the Court of Special Appeals to the top court.
Top court decides 2 matters it heard 7 and 6 years ago
Maryland’s top court issued two long-awaited decisions Wednesday, including one in which a convict waited more than seven years for the Court of Appeals to rule on his challenge to his five-year sentence.
Mandatory CLE may finally get a vote
A long-dormant proposal to impose a mandatory continuing legal education requirement on Maryland lawyers may get a hearing in the Court of Appeals after a new chief judge is named, according to a panel discussion at the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual meeting.
Five apply to replace Bell on Court of Appeals
For Baltimore attorney M. Natalie McSherry, the possibility of serving on Maryland’s highest court was too good to pass up.
Court of Appeals orders new trial in killing
Maryland’s top court has granted a convicted murderer a new trial because his defense attorney was not told of a communication between a judge’s aide and a juror prior to deliberations.
Editorial: Too little we know of justice so slow
It’s hard to decide which is worse: the Court of Appeals’ intractably sluggish pace or its attempts to camouflage the same.
Justice (still) delayed at Court of Appeals
Another year has passed, and convicted criminals Kevin C. Alston, Tony Lamont Haile and Jaron Tyree Grade are still waiting for word from Maryland’s top court.
