Maryland’s trial courts will return to “full operations” including jury trials on Oct. 5 following a summer of gradual resumptions of court proceedings, including evictions, foreclosures and bench trials, the state’s top judge stated Friday evening. “The details in the ...
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A federal judge Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to Gov. Larry Hogan’s stay-at-home orders, saying the governor’s directives are narrowly tailored to achieve Maryland’s compelling interest of protecting the public from the deadly COVID-19 virus. “The world is now in ...
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Saying their petition drives have stalled amid the governor’s stay-at-home directive, Maryland’s Green and Libertarian parties are seeking a federal court order suspending the state’s requirement that they collect thousands more signatures in order to place their candidates’ names on ...
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Gov. Larry Hogan defended his stay-at-home order for Marylanders against a legal attack from business owners, clergy and three fellow Republicans, calling the executive order “narrowly tailored” to achieve the state’s “compelling interest” of protecting the public from the deadly ...
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The family of an armed and suicidal man shot to death by Rising Sun police last May filed a $30 million federal lawsuit against the officers and town this week, alleging they violated his civil rights with their hasty recourse ...
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A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of two Worcester County Detention Center detainees after discovering a third detainee had exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 virus, information the jurist said was known but not disclosed to the court by either jail ...
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Jury trials in Maryland will not resume until July 20 at the earliest, the Maryland Judiciary on Thursday told a Senate panel examining the court system’s plans for eventual resumption to full service amid efforts to prevent the viral spread ...
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Well-known Annapolis lobbyist Bruce Bereano has formed a political action committee in support of Anne Arundel County Circuit Court’s sitting judges. But the PAC’s campaign tactics are less about supporting the four judges than opposing one of their two challengers ...
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A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of a Howard County Detention Center detainee after a nurse at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang said the continued detention of Mauricio Coreas at the Jessup ...
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A Pennsylvania woman has alleged that she and her 3-year-old grandson were held against their will at a Middle River car dealership and that she was told to sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding a complaint she threatened to file with ...
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