Highlighted Cases

2005-2022 Highlighted Cases Archive

No. 26 - September Term, 2024
Maryland State Board of Elections, et al. v. Anthony J. Ambridge, et al.
Oral arguments to be heard October 9, 2024 beginning at 1:00 p.m. [Oral Arguments]

Direct appeal under Maryland Election Law.

01-28-2025: Opinion
10-25-2024: Order on Motion to Correct Record and Motion to Shorten Time
10-10-2024: Appellee's Motion to Shorten Time to Respond to Motion to Correct Record
10-10-2024: Appellee's Motion to Correct Record
10-10-2024: Per Curiam Order
10-08-2024: Order on Motion for Permission to File Amicus Curiae Brief and to File Brief Out of Time
10-08-2024: Motion for Permission to File Amicus Curiae Brief and to File Brief Out of Time
10-08-2024: Reply Brief of Appellant Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
10-08-2024: Reply Brief of Appellant State Board of Elections
10-08-2024: Appellant MCB HP Baltimore LLC's Reply Brief
10-04-2024: Brief of Appellee
10-04-2024: Order on Motions to Exceed Word Limit and to File Brief Beyond Deadline
10-04-2024: Appellant Maryland State Board of Elections' Opposition to Motion for Leave to File Brief Out of Time
10-04-2024: Appellant MCB HP Baltimore LLC's Response in Opposition to Appellee's Motion for Leave to File Brief Beyond Deadline
10-04-2024: Appellant Mayor and City Council of Baltimore's Response in Opposition to Appellee's Motion for Leave to File Brief Beyond Deadline
10-04-2024: Appellee's Motion for Leave to File Brief Beyond Deadline
10-04-2024: Appellee's Revised Motion to Exceed Word Limit
10-03-2024: Denial Order on Appellee's Motion to Exceed Word Limit
10-03-2024: Appellee's Motion to Exceed Word Limit
10-03-2024: Denial Order on Emergency Motion to Stay
10-03-2024: Appendix to Appellant MCB HP Baltimore LLC's Brief
10-03-2024: Appellant MCB HP Baltimore LLC's Line Regarding Appendix
09-27-2024: Record Extract
09-27-2024: Appellant's Brief - Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
09-27-2024: Appellant's Brief - MCB HP Baltimore LLC
09-27-2024: Appellant's Brief - Maryland State Board of Elections
09-24-2024: Appellee's Opposition to Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal
09-23-2024: Maryland State Board of Elections' Line and Exhibit
09-23-2024: Appellant MCB HP Baltimore, LLC's Response in Support of Emergency Motion to Stay the Circuit Court's Injunction Pending Appeal
09-21-2024: Appellant Mayor and City Council of Baltimore's Response in Support of Emergency Motion to Stay the Circuit Court's Injunction Pending Appeal
09-20-2024: Scheduling Order
09-20-2024: Appellant Maryland State Board of Elections' Emergency Motion to Stay the Circuit Court's Injunction Pending Appeal
09-20-2024: Notice of Appeal - Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
09-20-2024: Notice of Appeal - MCB HP Baltimore, LLC
09-20-2024: Notice of Appeal - Maryland State Board of Elections

No. 34 - September Term, 2023
Baltimore City Board of Elections, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al.
Oral arguments to be held August 28, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. [Oral Arguments]

Direct appeal under Maryland Election Law.

02-03-2025: Opinion
08-29-2024: Per Curiam Order
08-27-2024: Reply Brief of Appellant Maryland Child Alliance
08-26-2024: Brief of Appellee Maryland State Board of Elections
08-26-2024: Brief of Appellee Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, et al
08-20-2024: Brief of Appellants Baltimore City Board of Elections, et al.
08-20-2024: Brief of Appellant Maryland Child Alliance
08-20-2024: Record Extract
08-13-2024: Expedited Briefing & Scheduling Order

No. 35 - September Term, 2023
Benedict J. Frederick, III, et al. v. Baltimore City Board of Elections, et al.
Oral arguments to be held August 28, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.[Oral Arguments]

Direct appeal under Maryland Election Law.

08-29-2024: Per Curiam Order
08-27-2024: Reply Brief of Appellants
08-26-2024: Brief of Appellee Mayor & City Council of Baltimore
08-26-2024: Brief of Appellee Maryland State Board of Elections
08-26-2024: Brief of Appellees Baltimore City Board of Elections
08-20-2024: Brief of Appellant Benedict J. Frederick, III
08-20-2024: Record Extract
08-13-2024: Expedited Briefing & Scheduling Order

Misc No. 2 - September Term, 2024
The Key School, Incorporated, et al. v. Valerie Bunker
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024. [Oral Arguments. Please note that this case was consolidated for the purpose of oral arguments on the Constitutionality question with No. 10, Sept. Term, 2024, below.]

Certified Question of Law from the US District Court for the District of Maryland: Does the Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023, 2023 Md. Laws ch. 5 (S.B. 686), (codified at Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-117), constitute an impermissible abrogation of a vested right in violation of Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights and/or Article III, Section 40 of the Maryland Constitution?

Misc No. 1 - September Term, 2024
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Jane Doe

07-08-2024: Order Withdrawing Certified Question
06-22-2024: Grant Order on Joint Motion to Consolidate Briefing, Consolidate Argument, and Modify Briefing Schedule
06-20-2024: Joint Motion to Consolidate Briefing, Consolidate Argument, and Modify Briefing Schedule
05-07-2024: Session Briefing Notice
04-22-2024: Grant Order on Motion for Special Admission of OSA - Gardner
04-19-2024: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney - Gardner
04-18-2024: Certification Order

No. 10 - September Term, 2024
Board of Education of Harford County v. John Doe
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024. [Oral Arguments on the Constitutionality question. Oral arguments on the standing question. Please note that this case was consolidated for the purpose of oral arguments on the Constitutionality question with Misc. No. 2, Sept. Term, 2024, above.]

Issues – Courts & Judicial Proceedings – 1) Does the Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023, 2023 Md. Laws Ch. 5 (S.B. 686) (codified at Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-117)(the “MCVA”), constitute an impermissible abrogation of a vested right in violation of Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights and/or Article III, Section 40 of the Maryland Constitution?
2) As a subdivision of the State, see Bd. Of Educ. v. Sec’y of Personnel, 317 Md. 34, 44-45 (1989), does the petitioner have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the MCVA?

No. 9 - September Term, 2024
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. John Doe, et al.
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024. [Oral Arguments]

Issue – Courts & Judicial Proceedings – Does the Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023, 2023 Md. Laws Ch. 5 (S.B. 686) (codified at Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-117), constitute an impermissible abrogation of a vested right in violation of Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights and/or Article III, Section 40 of the Maryland Constitution?

Case Misc. No. 34 - September Term, 2022
Posthumous Admission to the Bar of Maryland of Edward Garrison Draper
Special Session held Thursday, October 26, 2023. [Recording]

10-26-2023: Mr. Draper's Bar Certificate
04-04-2023: Order on Motion for Special Admission
03-31-2023: Motion for Special Admission
03-27-2023: Petition for The Posthumous Admission to the Bar of Maryland of Edward Garrison Draper

Case No. 7 - September Term, 2023
Adnan Syed v. Young Lee, as Victim's Representative, and State of Maryland
Oral arguments held Thursday, October 5, 2023 [Oral Arguments]

Issues – Criminal Procedure – 1) Does a lawfully entered nolle prosequi render moot an appeal alleging procedural violations at a hearing occurring prior to the nolle prosequi? 2) Does a victim’s representative, a non-party to a case, have the right to attend a vacatur hearing in-person or does remote attendance satisfy the right? 3) Was notice to the victim’s representative of the vacatur hearing sufficient where the State complied with all statutory and rules-based notice requirements? 4) Must a victim’s representative seeking reversal show prejudice on appeal? 5) Is a victim’s right to speak incorporated into the Vacatur Statute, Md. Code § 8-301.1 of the Criminal Procedure Article, where no party or entity other than the victim has an interest in challenging the evidence alleged to support vacatur?

08-30-2024: Opinion
09-29-2023: Reply Brief for Appellee/Cross Appellant
09-27-2023: Security/Media Protocol Order
09-25-2023: Denial Order on Motion to Strike Argument
09-22-2023: Petitioner's Reply Brief and Cross-Respondent's Brief
09-08-2023: Consent to file Brief of Survivors of Violence Clinic as Amicus Curiae
09-08-2023: Brief of Survivors of Violence Clinic as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
09-05-2023: Mr. Lee's Response to Petitioner's Motion to Strike
09-01-2023: Motion to Strike Argument II(D) of the Brief of Respondent State of Maryland
09-01-2023: Grant Order on Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
09-01-2023: Grant Order on Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
08-30-2023: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
08-28-2023: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
08-28-2023: Amicus Curiae Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
08-28-2023: Grant Order on Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
08-28-2023: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Pro Hac Vice
08-28-2023: Brief of Amicus Curiae The National Crime Victime Law Institute
08-28-2023: Brief of Respondent/Cross-Petitioner
08-28-2023: Grant Order on the Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Under Rule 19-217
08-28-2023: Brief of Respondent, the State of Maryland
08-28-2023: Brief of Exonerees As Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
08-28-2023: Brief of Amicus Curiae Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center
08-28-2023: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney Under Rule 19-217
08-15-2023: Joint Supplemental Record Extract (Redacted)
08-10-2023: Grant Order on Unopposed Motion to Permit Filing of a Supplemental Record Extract
08-02-2023: Petitioner's Brief
08-02-2023: Unopposed Motion to Permit Filing of a Supplemental Record Extract
06-28-2023: Grant Order and Writ of Certiorari
06-28-2023: Second Order on Motion to Stay
06-21-2023: Answer to Cross-Petition
06-13-2023: State's Answer to Petition and Cross-Petition
06-08-2023: Cross-Petition for Writ of Certiorari
05-25-2023: Order on Motion to Stay Issuance of Appellate Court's Mandate
05-24-2023: Petition for Writ of Certiorari
05-24-2023: Unopposed Motion to Stay Issuance of Appellate Court's Mandate

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