MEYER, District Judge.

On September 21, 1987, Quality Inns International, Inc. announced a new chain of economy hotels to be marketed under the name "McSleep Inn." The response of McDonald's Corporation was immediate. It demanded by letter sent three days later that Quality International not use the name "McSleep" because it infringed on McDonald's family of marks that are characterized b... More...    $0 (09-16-1988 - MD)

A jury found Larry Recio guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. At trial, over his objection, the district court admitted into evidence a post assertedly to Recio’s Facebook account that quoted a rap lyric. Recio appeals. He contends that the district court abused its discretion in admitting the Facebook post, and erred in declining to grant a mistrial but instead issuing an Allen cha... More...    $0 (03-14-2018 - MD)

This case arises from an amendment to Rockville’s zoning ordinance that prohibited the construction of self-storage facilities within 250 feet of property on which a public school is located. Appellants Siena Corporation and Rockville North Land LLLP (collectively “Siena”) complain that the enactment of this amendment amounted to a denial of their due process and equal protection rights under the ... More...    $0 (11-13-2017 - MD)

In this case we are called upon to decide whether the Establishment Clause is violated when a local government displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The district court determined that such government action does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause because the cross has a secular purpose, it neither adv... More...    $0 (10-24-2017 - MD)

Ruth Belche May (“Petitioner”) is the widow of a machinist mate, Philip Royce May (“May”), who served on active duty in the United States Navy (“Navy”) for 20 years, from 1956 until 1976. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Warren Pumps LLC, and IMO
Industries, Inc. (“Respondents”) manufactured steam pumps that were sold to the Navy. The Navy used these pumps to move extremely hot and highly pressur... More...    $0 (12-20-2015 - MD)

Appellant was born at the Florence Crittenton Maternity Home in Washington, D.C.,
on May 1, 1958. His natural mother was an unmarried 33-year-old secretary who had
concealed her pregnancy from her parents, quit her job with the federal government, and
entered a maternity home sometime after Christmas in 1957. According to the 1958 Report
of Adoption Investigation, appellant’s mot... More...    $0 (11-08-2015 - MD)

In 1998, Maryland and the 51 other Settling States entered the MSA, thus settling
their claims for “wrongful marketing and advertising of cigarettes, as well as damages
based upon the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses,” against three major cigarette
manufacturers – Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Lorillard
apprproval of the side agreement, and ... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

In mortgage foreclosure law, as elsewhere, society's interest in finality and repose is
a weighty one. As with statutes of limitations generally, procedural deadlines for raising
certain challenges are established and strictly enforced. An unexcused failure to comply with
a clear deadline may doom what might otherwise have been a highly meritorious challenge,
had it been timely fil... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - MD)

In this case, we must examine the nature of a nominal damages award, and whether there is a maximum limitation on the dollar amount that can be considered nominal damages. We do so in the context of a claim that appellants and cross-appellees Erin and Norma Brown trespassed on property owned by Grace and Viola Smith, appellees and cross-appellants, by traveling over a farm lane to access a public ... More...    $0 (03-29-2007 - MD)

Thirty years ago, in Harrison v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ., 295 Md. 442, 444, 456 A.2d 894 (1983), this Court issued a writ of certiorari to decide “whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligence actions in this State.â€� In a compr... More...    $0 (07-09-2013 - MD)

Bethel World Outreach Ministries brought this action asserting that Montgomery County’s zoning regulations, which prevented Bethel from constructing a church, violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), the United States Constitution, and the Maryland Declaration of Rights. The district court granted summary judgment to the County on all claims. For the reasons ... More...    $0 (01-31-2013 - MD)

On March 4, 2009, appellant, Yiannis Yiallouros,1 filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, against appellee, John David Tolson, and alleged that appellee was liable in negligence for damages, including pain and suffering, medical expenses, loss of present and future earnings, and loss of consortium. On April 28, 2010, the jury found in favor of appellant and awarded $32,000.88 for pa... More...    $0 (03-02-2012 - MD)

This case involves the interpretation of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Sections 9.5-101 to 9.5-318 of the Family Law Article, Maryland Code (1984, 2006 Repl. Vol.).1 Peter Paul Toland, Jr.,2 Appellant, challenges the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s determination that a Japanese decree providing guardianship of his minor child to the child’s grandmother, Akik... More...    $0 (05-22-2012 - MD)

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull (“bull terrierâ€�) came across the street from its owner’s property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t... More...    $0 (04-26-2012 - MD)

This case involves a long-standing dispute between the Tomes Landing Condominium Association, Inc. (Association), located in Port Deposit, Maryland, and MRA Property Management, Inc., Appellants, and twenty-five condominium unit purchasers, Appellees.1

The unit purchasers were granted partial summary judgment in the amount of one million dollars against the Association and MRA in the Circui... More...    $0 (04-30-2012 - MD)

Presented here are claims asserted under the Wrongful Death Statute, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), §§ 3-901 through 3-904 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The plaintiffs are the widow of the decedent and the adult children of her marriage with the decedent. They did not identify in their complaint, or notify, a stepson whom the decedent had adopted during a prior mar... More...    $0 (05-03-2012 - MD)

This case involves the validity of a method used by Maryland, in the administration of an aspect of its public welfare program, to reconcile the demands of its needy citizens with the finite resources available to meet those demands. Like every other State in the Union, Maryland participates in the Federal Aid to Families



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With Dependent Children (AFDC program,... More...    $0 (05-18-1970 - MD)

Debra Parks, the Appellant, filed a one-count complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that she had been “wrongful[ly] terminat[ed] . . . in violation of public policyâ€� from her job at Alpharma, Inc., the Appellee, a pharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware, which had been headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey until being acquired in November of 2008 by King Pharmac... More...    $0 (07-19-2011 - MD)

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Kevin Antoine Mitchell, the appellant, sued the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (“HABCâ€�), the appellee, for damages for injuries he allegedly sustained due to childhood lead paint poisoning. The HABC moved for summary judgment on the ground that neither Mitchell nor a representative had satisfied the notice requirements of the Local Government Tort ... More...    $0 (05-25-2011 - MD)

"Under the doctrine of overbreadth, a statute violates the First Amendment it if prohibits a substantial amount of protected expression." PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman, 362 F.3d 227, 234 (4th Cir. 2004). Defendants appeal a permanent injunction prohibiting the enforcement of a Maryland statute due to its overbreadth. We conclude that the statute—which limits the range of permissible conduct, attire, a... More...    $0 (02-17-2011 - MD)

This is a medical malpractice action filed by appellants, Polly and Stuart Keyes, against appellee, Sheldon Lerman, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. After a full trial, the jury concluded that Dr. Lerman was not negligent and returned a verdict in his favor. In this appeal, appellants complain that the unfavorable verdict resulted from the refusal of the court (1) to give a requested spo... More...    $0 (11-30--0001 - MD)

The appellants in this zoning case are Dedra Billings, David B. Johnson, Michelle Coffee, Cheryl Corson, and Friends of Croom Civic Association. The appellees are the County Council of Prince George’s County, Maryland, sitting as the District Council (hereafter, “the District Councilâ€�) and Eastern Petroleum Corporation (“Eastern Petroleumâ€�). Maryland Code (2003 Repl. Vol.) Article 28 § ... More...    $0 (02-16-2010 - MD)

The notion of alimony totally disconnected from a divorce, albeit a practice boasting a venerable pedigree, has become at least quaintly anachronistic, if not actually vestigial, in 21st Century Maryland. Just such a self-contained grant of alimony, however, is what we are urged to hold survived the shipwreck of a divorce proceeding in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County on January 9, 200... More...    $0 (11-25-2009 - MD)

This matter arises from a wrongful death action filed by appellants, Herbert Livingstone, individually and as administrator and personal representative of the estate of his deceased wife, Tracy Orr (“Dr. Orrâ€�), who died on November 12, 2002, three days after giving birth to twin boys by a pre-term Cesarean section.1 The complaint alleged medical negligence by appellees Richard S. Margolis, M.D... More...    $0 (08-27-2009 - MD)

Lanay Brown (“Petitionerâ€� or “Lanayâ€�),1 was born on 17 December 1990. Since her birth, her maternal aunt, Catherlina Queen, raised her. At some time early in Lanay’s life, she and her aunt moved into a property on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore City (“the Subject Propertyâ€�),2 where they resided until 1994. While Lanay and Ms. Queen lived there, the Subject Property was owned by the D... More...    $0 (07-22-2009 - MD)

The issue presented to the Court by this case is whether a condominium council of unit owners, which under Md. Code, Real Property Article, § 11-109(d) (2003 & Supp. 2008) “may be either incorporated as a nonstock corporation or unincorporated,â€� has standing to file and maintain a lawsuit during the time its corporate charter was forfeit. The Circuit Court for Worcester County, entering summa... More...    $0 (12-22-2008 - MD)

This case arises from a Title VII action brought by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Clinton Ingram, a Muslim American, against Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. The EEOC alleges that Ingram, while working at Sunbelt, was subjected to a religiously hostile work environment in violation of Title VII. The district court granted summary judgment for Sunbelt and dismiss... More...    $0 (04-04-2008 - MD)

Federal Express Corporation ("FedEx") appeals from a March 2006 judgment for compensatory and punitive damages entered against it in the District of Maryland. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") sued FedEx on behalf of former FedEx package handler Ronald Lockhart. By its judgment, the district court awarded Lockhart, who is disabled due to deafness, the sums of $8,0... More...    $0 (01-24-2008 - MD)

The Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted summary judgment in favor of Montgomery County and the Animal Services Division of the Montgomery County Police Department ("ASD"), the appellees, in a suit brought by Christopher Coroneos and his company, Reptile Connection, Inc. ("Reptile"), the appellants. The appellants pose four questions for our review, which can be reduced to one:1 ... More...    $0 (03-08-2005 - MD)

CoStar Group, Inc. and CoStar Realty Information, Inc. (collectively "CoStar"), a copyright owner of numerous photographs of commercial real estate, commenced this copyright infringement action against LoopNet, Inc., an Internet service provider, for direct infringement under §§ 501 and 106 of the Copyright Act because CoStar's copyrighted photographs were posted by LoopNet's subscribers o... More...    $0 (06-21-2004 - MD)