Maryland’s top court will consider whether police have probable cause to arrest someone for marijuana possession if they smell the drug clearly on the person – even though possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana is not a crime ...
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ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for a debt-collecting law firm told a seemingly skeptical Maryland high court Monday that creditors seeking delinquent payments cannot be held liable under the state’s Consumer Protection Act for the debt-collection actions of their lawyers. Timothy ...
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Maryland’s top court on Thursday opens the public sessions of its 2019-2020 term, during which it will consider among its approximately 75 appeals whether the state’s remedy for an unconstitutional tax it imposed on out-of-state income is similarly unconstitutional. During ...
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Maryland’s Court of Appeals may determine if members of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force who falsely arrested a man for possession of a gun were acting within the scope of their employment if the judges agree to answer a certified ...
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Maryland’s top court has scrapped its longstanding common law rule that criminal defendants cannot be convicted based solely on their alleged accomplices’ testimony. In a splintered 5-2 decision Wednesday, the Court of Appeals said accomplice testimony need no longer be ...
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Attorneys for Baltimore and a man who consented to a settlement with former Gun Trace Task Force officers have followed through on their plan to ask the Maryland Court of Appeals to weigh in on whether the city must pay ...
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The Court of Appeals indefinitely suspended a Montgomery County attorney Monday for mishandling two client matters. Eugene Ignatius Kane Jr., a solo practitioner with a “virtual office” in Montgomery County, primarily worked from home and held meetings in public places. Kane ...
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A former Cross Street Market tenant who left the Baltimore-owned landmark after being told the company was not in the facility’s redevelopment plans is not entitled to compensation from the city for moving and relocation expenses, a divided Maryland high ...
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The Court of Appeals held Tuesday that a Prince George’s County zoning authority was permitted to delegate preparation of a draft order to its staff attorney and properly exercised original jurisdiction in an exception and variance case. The decision will ...
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A woman suing her former employer for defamation after he reported her to the police for theft and fraud was not entitled to a stay of the civil suit to preserve her right against self-incrimination in a related criminal case, ...
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