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| Quality Inns International, Inc. v. McDonald's Corporation |
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MEYER, District Judge. |
E.W. v. Rosemary Dolgos and WICOMICO County Sheriff's Department
District of Maryland Federal Courthouse - Baltimore, Maryland |
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This matter involves a school resource officer’s decision to handcuff a calm, compliant elementary school student for fighting with another student three days prior. The child brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth Amendment and several state law claims. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded that the officer’s conduct d... More... $0 (02-14-2018 - MD) |
| Bruce Goldfarb v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., “establishes a cradle-to-grave regulatory program for hazardous waste management.” Envtl. Tech. Council v. Sierra Club, 98 F.3d 774, 779 (4th Cir. 1996). Several Maryland residents brought statutory claims under the RCRA against the current and former owners of an industrial property in Baltimore alleged to have been co... More... $0 (07-01-2015 - MD) |
| United States of America v. Jean Brown |
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Jean Brown appeals the district court’s entry of a criminal judgment against her following a jury trial, whereby she was convicted of conspiring to traffic in 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, and of additional charges stemming from the kidnapping and murder of Michael Knight in connection with her trafficking operation. Brown also appeals the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on one of ... More... $0 (07-01-2014 - MD) |
| Joseph Antonio v. SSA Security, Inc. d/b/a Security Services of America |
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This case arises out of one of the largest residential arsons in Maryland history. See Michael E. Ruane & Joshua Partlow, No Motive Found in Charles Arsons; Eco-Terrorism, Racism Considered, Wash. Post, Dec. 8, 2004, at B1. Appellants (Homebuyers) contracted to purchase homes that were later damaged or destroyed due to the arsons. Following the arsons, the Homebuyers brought suit against a company... More... $0 (04-15-2014 - MD) |
| Bethel World Outreach v. Montgomery County Council |
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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) |
| Debra Parks v. Alpharma, Inc. |
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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 policy” 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) |
| Steven Lang Kanai v. John M. McHugh |
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Steven L. Kanai, a cadet in his final year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (West Point), sought discharge from the United States Army (the Army) as a conscientious objector.1 The Department of the Army Conscientious Objector Board (the Army Board) denied Kanai’s application for discharge, finding that Kanai had not demonstrated sincerely-held views entitling him to ... More... $0 (03-04-2011 - MD) |
| George Wasserman & Janice Wasserman v. Jack Kay |
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Appellants, The George Wasserman and Janice Wasserman Goldsten Family Limited Liability Company (“WGF”) and Anthony Tanzi, as Trustee of the Lisa W. Gill Trust (“Gill Trust”), are partners in five real estate investment general partnerships and members in two real estate investment LLCs (collectively, the “investment vehicles”). Appellees are Jack Kay (“Mr. Kay”), the managing memb... More... $0 (02-09-2011 - MD) |
| Chicago Title Insurance Company F/U/O U.S. Bank National Association v. Mary B |
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Charles Lee Petr owns and once lived in a house located at 116 Kinship Road, in the Dundalk area of Baltimore County (“the Property”). He now is a ward of the Maryland Department of Corrections, where he is serving a 20-year prison sentence for second-degree rape of his niece, Mary B. Mary sued Petr in a civil action for battery, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (“the Tort Action”... More... $0 (01-04-2010 - MD) |
| Ahmed M. Ali v. CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc. |
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This appeal is from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Ahmed M. Ali, appellant, and in favor of CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc., appellee, in the amount of $190,725.85 in damages and $21,977.95 in prejudgment interest. Appellant contends that the trial court should have dismissed the suit because it was barred by the applicable statute of limitatio... More... $0 (10-05-2009 - MD) |
| Barrington D. Henry v. Gateway, Inc., et al. |
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The central issue in this case is whether, in the absence of a controlling decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and in the face of divided federal precedent, a Maryland court is bound to apply a contractual choice-of-law clause that has the effect of interpreting federal law in a manner inconsistent with a decision of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. We conclude that it would be contrary to the fun... More... $0 (08-31-2009 - MD) |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Diamond Point Plaza Limited Partnership, et al. |
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The litigation giving rise to this appeal has its genesis in November 2002, when Diamond Point Plaza Limited Partnership, owner of a shopping center in Baltimore County, defaulted on a mortgage loan that was secured by the shopping center property. Appellant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”), as trustee for the assignees of the mortgage, brought an action in the Circuit Court for Baltimor... More... $0 (05-08-2009 - MD) |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Regency Furniture, Inc. |
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Largo Town Center, LLC. For clarity, we shall refer to those companies as DDRM. Regency Furniture, Inc. (“Regency”), an appellee and cross-appellant, is a furniture store that leased premises from a landlord now known as DDRM Largo Town Center, LLC (“DDRM”), an appellee and cross-appellant.1 During the relevant time, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”), the appellant and... More... $0 (01-09-2009 - MD) |
| Royal Investment Group, et al. v. Don C. Wang |
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This lawsuit arises from a dispute between Don C. Wang, appellee, and Sean Shahparast, the sole member of Royal Investment Group, LLC, (collectively, “Royal”), appellants, over their negotiations for Royal to purchase from Mr. Wang a house and real property located at 5281 Goldsboro Road in Montgomery County (“the Property”). Negotiations broke down, and the parties did not proceed to sett... More... $0 (12-04-2008 - MD) |
| Pines Point Marina, A Condominium Council of Unit Owners, Inc. v. Jim Rehak, et al. |
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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,” 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) |
| Jeff E. Messing v. Bank of America, N.A. |
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This appeal focuses on one of the most expressive parts of the human body — the thumb: “thumbs up” (approval), “thumbs down” (disapproval), “thumbing one’s nose” (defiance), and “thumbing a ride” (requesting transport).1 Notwithstanding all of the things we ask of this unassuming two-jointed digit, appellee, Bank of America, adds one... More... $0 (02-28-2002 - MD) |
