Separation of powers generally bars court challenges to a commission decision allegedly reached by the vote of a member with a personal stake, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.

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The Maryland Supreme Court will consider whether the state’s tax on digital advertising violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court Friday held its first public session with a name other than the Court of Appeals, as it had been called since 1776. “Welcome to the Supreme Court of Maryland,” Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader said ...

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Maryland Supreme Court Administrative; agency deference: Where a reviewing court applies agency deference to legal interpretations of a tax statute when undertaking judicial review of a tax court decision, the court may give appropriate deference to the state comptroller’s interpretation ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Insurance; hot-air balloon accident: Where two persons suffered “gruesome injuries” in a hot-air balloon accident, the district court did not err in holding that the policy’s coverage limit of $100,000 per balloon ...

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Companies that lost business during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot turn to the “physical loss or damage” coverage provision of their insurance policies for financial relief, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.

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A man who violated a postnuptial agreement’s adultery ban has urged the Maryland Supreme Court to review and overturn the $7 million awarded to his ex-wife.

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Maryland voters approved a constitutional amendment to change the name of the state’s top judicial tribunal.

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ANNAPOLIS – “Justice” took one step closer to Maryland on Friday. The Senate passed, on a 45-1 vote, a proposed state constitutional amendment to change the name of Maryland’s top judicial tribunal from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme ...

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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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