Where appellants voluntarily requested a dismissal, without prejudice, of their suit against the principal and school board after the court denied their motion for a continuance, is their appeal of that dismissal barred by the final judgment rule?

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A Maryland appeals court took the unusual step last week of assailing a lawyer — in a reported opinion — for his “chronic disregard” of discovery requests and “nonchalant failure” to comply with a judge’s order, misbehavior that the court said justified the judge’s dismissal of the attorney’s medical malpractice case.

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FORT MEADE — An Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history will be spending more time in court. A military judge said Wednesday she will double, from three to six, the number of pretrial ...

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine is facing dismissal from the military for posting Facebook images of President Barack Obama’s face superimposed on a jackass and for selling “Nobama” bumper stickers online, a prosecutor said Thursday. Sgt. Gary Stein, 26, ...

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Twelve times in the past 12 months, the Maryland Court of Appeals has retroactively withdrawn its decision to consider an appeal after it had heard arguments in the case. That’s four times the number of similar withdrawals the state’s top ...

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A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against a Baltimore man accused of plotting to bomb a military recruiting center. Judge J. Frederick Motz also denied a motion Wednesday to suppress evidence in the case of Antonio ...

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PHOENIX — Prosecutors asked a court to dismiss an appeal by the Tucson shooting rampage suspect over his forced medication with psychotropic drugs. The dismissal request was made Friday with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Jared Lee Loughner’s attorneys ...

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A lawsuit over contaminated infant formula, filed on behalf of more than 50 children in China against the Chinese subsidiary of a Maryland company, belongs in China and not Maryland, a federal appeals court held. The plaintiffs have two adequate ...

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Plaintiffs in a legal battle over the $1.5 billion State Center development have filed a motion to dismiss a countersuit filed last week by the state Department of Transportation and Department of General Services. The countersuit seeks $100 million in ...

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Until last Monday, hearings on signature irregularities in foreclosure filings in Baltimore City Circuit Court have made for surprisingly good courtroom drama. Special Master Elizabeth A. Ritter, a former prosecutor, has asked tough questions about practices and processes at three ...

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