The transfer of case files relating to complaints of police misconduct to the Civilian Review Board can resume regardless of whether members have signed a confidentiality agreement, potentially ending a dispute that began over the summer.
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ANNAPOLIS — The committee in charge of recommending amendments to the Maryland Rules will attempt to balance concerns from stakeholders before submitting an overhaul of the Judicial Disabilities rules to the Court of Appeals for approval. Retired Court of Appeals ...
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The state has implicitly preempted local regulation of potential solar farms, according to a ruling from Maryland’s second-highest court re-issued Thursday as a reported opinion. The three-judge panel’s determination that the Maryland Public Services Commission has exclusive jurisdiction for considering applications for ...
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Parties to a massive lawsuit by dozens of Baltimore businesses over the city’s response to the 2015 unrest won’t come to the settlement table until they are finished exchanging and reviewing thousands of pages of documents in discovery. The lawsuit, ...
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The Supreme Court declined to take up the issue of prosecutors’ immunity from lawsuits when investigating crimes and seeking charges, putting an end to the lawsuit filed by five of the officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest against Baltimore City State’s Attorney ...
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Baltimore police officers accused of forcibly removing a woman from her vehicle during a 2015 traffic stop are seeking a dismissal of claims against them in a federal lawsuit. D’Wan Whetstone alleged in a complaint in May that she was ...
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An ethics panel concluded a multi-day hearing for a Baltimore City District Court judge late Monday after the judge testified in her defense. Judge Devy Patterson Russell is charged with failing to carry out her duties, displaying contempt for instructions from ...
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Two recently appointed judges on the ballot for confirmation were unseated in Tuesday’s election, a rarity in Maryland. Maria Oesterreicher, a former prosecutor and current state government employee, defeated incumbent Richard R. Titus, a 2016 appointee to the bench. Oesterreicher ...
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ANNAPOLIS — A Baltimore District Court judge in the midst of a multi-day ethics hearing took the stand Monday, insisting she has not created the tense atmosphere alleged by colleagues and just wants to be permitted to do her job. ...
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A Frederick County jury awarded more than $700,000 to the family of a man who had a fatal heart attack in 2012 days after visiting doctors for chest pain. The jury found the doctor and physician’s assistant at Frederick Primary ...
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