Real Property Condominium Act BOTTOM LINE: Under the Condominium Act, the purchaser of a condominium in a foreclosure sale holds legal title to the property as of the date of the sale, thus rendering her liable for condominium assessments and ...

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COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Real Property, Condominium Act: Under the Condominium Act, the purchaser of a condominium in a foreclosure sale holds legal title to the property as of the date of the sale, thus rendering her liable for condominium ...

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Premises Liability Sovereign immunity BOTTOM LINE: Plaintiff’s slip-and-fall claim against metropolitan transit authority was barred by sovereign immunity under the discretionary function exception, because authority employees were performing discretionary acts in deciding at what time the train platforms were to ...

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Civil Procedure Contempt BOTTOM LINE: Although defendant’s appeal of the order holding her in contempt for failure to pay child support was dismissed as moot, the circuit court erred in entering the contempt order and imposing a sentence without first ...

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COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, Contempt: Although defendant’s appeal of the order holding her in contempt for failure to pay child support was dismissed as moot, the circuit court erred in entering the contempt order and imposing a sentence ...

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Professional Responsibility Disbarment BOTTOM LINE: Disbarment was warranted for attorney who deposited his clients’ fee payments in a personal account and then abandoned his clients without refunding the fees. CASE: Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Lara, Misc. Docket AG ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Civil Procedure, Continuance of trial: Trial court abused its discretion in denying a continuance of trial in order to accommodate plaintiff’s religious beliefs, which prohibited any appearance or advocacy on his behalf during a particular religious ...

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Criminal Procedure Expungement of juvenile records BOTTOM LINE: Where juvenile was convicted in the circuit court and then transferred to juvenile court for sentencing, juvenile court had the power to expunge the juvenile’s criminal record. CASE: In re Nancy H, ...

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Administrative Law Judicial review BOTTOM LINE: Meaningful judicial review was possible where the Board of Appeals summarized substantial evidence in support of its conclusory findings that the variance applicants had failed to establish that their proposed development would not adversely ...

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Criminal Procedure Reach-in searches BOTTOM LINE: Where, police partially exposed defendants’ buttocks during searches incident to their arrests, searches were reasonable because they were “reach-in” rather than strip searches. CASE: Allen v. State, Smith v. State, Nos. 1963, 1968, Sept. ...

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