Maryland voters will decide next year whether “justice” comes to the state. The Maryland Senate on Tuesday joined the House of Delegates in approving a proposed constitutional amendment to change the name of the state’s top judicial tribunal from the ...

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The House of Delegates took a step toward bringing “justice” to Maryland. On a 125-10 vote, the House endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment to change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme ...

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“Justice” might finally come to Maryland. A proposed state constitutional amendment now before the General Assembly would change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the title of ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday named Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Laura S. Ripken to the state’s second-highest court. Ripken’s nomination to the Court of Special Appeals is subject to Senate confirmation when the General Assembly reconvenes next week. ...

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Attention all Maryland trial judges and lawyers over age 30 who have lived in the state for the past five years, reside in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles or St. Mary’s counties, and yearn to be an appellate jurist. You have ...

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Four judges and 13 attorneys are vying for a seat on Maryland’s second-highest court that became vacant Nov. 5 when Judge Alexander Wright Jr. reached the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. Two of the judges and three of ...

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Attention all Maryland trial judges and lawyers over age 30 who have lived in the state for the past five years and yearn to be an appellate jurist: The judiciary will soon advertise for an at-large vacancy on Maryland’s second-highest ...

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ANNAPOLIS – “Justice” might finally come to Maryland. A proposed state constitutional amendment now before the General Assembly would change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the ...

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Baltimore County did not violate the constitutional rights of hookah-lounge owners by requiring them to close their establishments by midnight each night, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled Wednesday. In its reported 3-0 decision, the Court of Special Appeals called the ordinance ...

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Nine judges and 14 attorneys are vying for a seat on Maryland’s second-highest court that will become vacant Sept. 1.

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