Granted April 8, 2003
Southern Management Corporation v. Mukhtar Taha - Case No. 136, September Term 2002.
ISSUE - TORTS - MAY A CORPORATION
BE LIABLE FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION WHEN THE CORPORATE AGENTS HAVE BEEN
FOUND NOT LIABLE FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION?
Park Station Limited Partnership, LLLP v. Jaems E. Bosse, et ux - Case No. 137, September Term 2002.
ISSUE - REAL PROPERTY - WAS A TRANSFER
OF REAL PROPERTY AS A GIFT TO A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION A SALE WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS?
University System of Maryland et al v. The Baltimore Sun Company et al - Case No. 138, September Term 2002.
ISSUE - MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION
ACT (MPIA) - WHETHER EMPLOYMENT RECORDS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION CONCERNING
STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS EMPLOYEES ARE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION UNDER THE
MPIA?
James P. Nes, et al v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Case No. 139, September Term, 2002.
ISSUE - CONTRACTS - WHETHER A SECRECY
CLAUSE CONTAINED IN AN ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES AGREEMENT WAS VOID AS
AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY?
Roger Brown v. State of Maryland - Case No. 140, September Term 2002.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - WHETHER A
MOTEL ROOM OCCUPANTS CONSENT TO ALLOW THE POLICE TO SEARCH THE ROOM WAS
VOLUNTARY UNDER THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
Ronnie E.Cheek v. United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc., et al - Case No. 141, September Term, 2002.
ISSUE - ARBITRATION - IS A MANDATORY
ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE EMPLOYER AFTER THE EMPLPOYMENT
CONTRACT IS FORMED VOID AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY?
Dean James Pantazes v. State of Maryland - Case No. 142, September Term 2002.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - MAY THE DEFENDANT
CROSS-EXAMINE AND INTRODUCE EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AS TO PRIOR BAD ACTS OF
A STATE'S WITNESS?
PG&E Energy Trading-Power L.P. v Caledonia Generating, LLC and Southhaven Power - Case No. 143, September Term, 2002.
ISSUE - ARBITRATION - MAY A PARTY
BE COMPELLED TO CONTINUE PERFORMANCE OF A PROPERLY TERMINATED CONTRACT
PENDING ARBITRATION OF THE DEFAULTING PARTIES' BREACHED OF THE CONTRACT?
Granted April 9, 2003
Bern-Shaw Limited Partnership v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore - Case No. 1, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - EMMINENT DOMAIN - IN A PROPERTY
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING IS EVIDENCE OF A REMOTE SALE OF THE CONDEMNED PROPERTY
UNADJUSTED TO REFLECT CURRENT VALUE ADMISSABLE TO PROVE THE PROPERTY'S
FAIR MARKET VALUE?
Howard M. Miller, Jr. et ux v. Roger M. Kirkpatrick, et al - Case No. 2, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - REAL PROPERTY - MAY A COURT
WHICH HAS DECLARED A RIGHT OF WAY TO THE DOMINANT TENEMENT PERMIT THE SERVIENT
LANDOWNER TO MAINTAIN PARALLEL BARBED WIRE FENCES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY?
State of Maryland v. Scott Timothy Murphy - Case No. 3, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - MAY THE STATE
APPEAL A MODIFICATION OF SENTENCE REQUESTED MORE THAN 90 DAYS AFTER A SENTENCE
WAS IMPOSED AND THE ABSENCE OF FRAUD, MISTAKE OR IRREGULARITY?
Christopher A. Denicolis . v. State of Maryland - Case No. 4, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - DID THE CRIMINAL
INFORMATION ADEQUATELY INFORM THE DEFENDANT OF THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM?
Rico Duvall Cole v. State of Maryland - Case No. 5, Septe,ber Term 2003.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - WHETHER A
PRETRIAL DISCOVERY REQUEST TO OBTAIN THE IDENTITY OF THE LAB THAT PERFORMED
THE DRUG ANALYSIS WAS PROPER?
Deborah Frase v. Cynthia Barnhart, et al - Case No. 6, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - DO INDIGENT
CIVIL LITIGANTS IN CONTESTED CUSTODY MATTERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINTED
COUNSEL UNDER THE MARYLAND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS?
Rhonda Carter v. Maryland Management Co. - Case No. 7, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - LEASES - IN EVICTION CASES
INVOLVING TENANTS IN FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, SHOULD THE TENANT HOLDING
OVER STATUTE OR THE BREACH OF LEASE STATUTE BE INVOKED TO SECURE THEIR
EVICTION?
Keith A. Lee v. Gary E. Cline, et al - Case No. 8, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - TORTS - DOES A POLICE OFFICER
HAVE A QUALIFIED GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY AGAINST STATE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS
AND STATE COMMON LAW INTENTIONAL TORTS?
Harry Price v. State of Maryland - Case No. 9, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - CRIMINAL LAW - WAS IT PROPER
TO IMPOSE A MANDATORY NO-PAROLE SENTENCE ON THE DEFENDANT AS A PERSON PREVIOUSLY
CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE UNDER ARTILE 27, SEC. 441(e)?
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Harry Cook, Sr. - Case No. 10, September Term 2003.
ISSUE - TORTS - IN A LATENT DISEASE
CASE WHEN DOES A LOSS OF CONSORTIUM CLAIM ARISE FOR PURPOSES OF THE COURTS
ARTICLE SEC 11-108 NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES CAP?