Much like the sacrifice bunt in baseball or the keytar in pop music, the federal appellate court oral argument is slowly fading away.
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Read More »June 1, 2018 Comments Off on In federal appellate courts, pen is mightier than spoken word
Much like the sacrifice bunt in baseball or the keytar in pop music, the federal appellate court oral argument is slowly fading away.
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Read More »April 25, 2018 Comments Off on When it comes to this picture, I’ve got no selfie control
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Read More »February 10, 2016 Comments Off on Officers seek to block state’s appeal in Freddie Gray case
Three Baltimore police officers charged in the Freddie Gray case are asking Maryland’s second-highest court to block the state from appealing a lower-court ruling barring another officer from testifying against them. Lawyers for Lt. Brian Rice and officers Garrett Miller ...
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Read More »January 27, 2016 Comments Off on Attorney urges 4th Circuit to rule in Va. transgender student’s favor
RICHMOND, Va. — Public schools and courts across the country will be closely watching a Virginia case for guidance on restroom policies about gender and gender identity, a lawyer for a transgender teenager said Wednesday after a hearing before a ...
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Read More »January 22, 2016 Comments Off on Md. high court: Landowner has no claim to Purple Line right-of-way
A proposed light rail system between Bethesda and New Carrollton cleared an obstacle Friday when Maryland’s top court unanimously held that a Chevy Chase resident does not own a section of property along the planned Purple Line. In its 7-0 ...
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Read More »January 19, 2016 Comments Off on On camera and on air – Court of Appeals version
In my last blog post, I wrote about the Maryland Rules addressing the broadcast of trial court proceedings and how there seems to be a presumption against such broadcast. Contrast that with another court in Judiciary, the Maryland Court of ...
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Read More »January 18, 2016 Comments Off on Seth M. Rotenberg: Your presence is (not necessarily) requested at foreclosure sales
In the recent case of Fisher v. Ward, et al., the Maryland Court of Special Appeals held that a foreclosure trustee need not be physically present at a foreclosure sale, and that the trustee’s “constructive” presence would suffice. Additionally, the ...
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Read More »November 24, 2015 Comments Off on Md. Court of Appeals will hear accused double-murderer’s appeal
In a case involving an accused double murderer, Maryland’s top court will consider how much deference appellate courts owe to a judge’s finding that evidence was collected in violation of a criminal defendant’s constitutional rights.
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Read More »November 23, 2015 Comments Off on Md. appellate panel tosses millions awarded in landlord-tenant dispute
A Maryland appellate panel has thrown out most of the $8 million in compensatory and punitive damages awarded to the former owner of a Rockville office building from a tenant who allegedly twice forced the landlord into foreclosure because of ...
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Read More »November 9, 2015 Comments Off on Maryland public defender appeals DNA case to Supreme Court
Maryland's chief public defender asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review and overturn a state high court ruling that police acted constitutionally when they used the DNA sample a homeless man gave them for a rape investigation to link him to an unrelated burglary.
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