SCHEDULE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS
September Term, 2025
Thursday, February 5, 2026:
Bar Admissions
No. 26 Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Theresa Abel, et al.
Issues – Torts – 1) Did ACM err when it held that, for the purposes of establishing private nuisance liability, the reasonableness of defendants’ use of defendants’ land is determined solely by the significance of the interference with plaintiffs’ right to use plaintiff’s land? 2) Did ACM err when it held that for the purposes of establishing private nuisance liability, the requirement of continuousness or recurrence of the things, facts, or acts, which constitute the nuisance was met under the circumstances of this case? 3) Did ACM err when it held that the evidence presented was sufficient to support private nuisance liability against the City for a single one-day sewer backup in the plaintiffs’ basement in 2019?
Attorney for Petitioner: Michael Redmond
Attorney for Respondent: Matthew Thomas Vocci
No. 37 State of Maryland v. James S. Houston
Issues – Maryland Rules – 1) Can an immediate appeal be taken under the collateral order doctrine from an interlocutory order disqualifying a State’s Attorney as counsel in a criminal prosecution, assertedly based on the “attorney as witness” rule (Md. Rule 19-303.7)? 2) Regardless of whether the disqualification ruling is immediately appealable, can an immediate appeal be taken under the collateral order doctrine from an interlocutory order directing that a firewall be erected between an elected State’s Attorney and her Assistant State’s Attorneys?
Attorney for Petitioner: Jer Welter
Attorney for Respondent: Nancy S. Forster
After February 5, 2026, the Court will recess until March 5, 2026.
On the day of argument, counsel must register in the Clerk’s Office no later than 8:30 a.m. unless otherwise notified.
GREGORY HILTON
CLERK