Rockville Cars, LLC and Priority 1 Automotive Group, Inc. (“Rockville Cars”), brought a Section 1983 suit in the District of Maryland against the City of Rockville, Maryland (“the City”) and its Acting Chief of Inspection Services, Robert L. Purkey, Jr. In its action, Rockville Cars alleged a violation of its procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when the City suspended its ... More...    $0 (05-24-2018 - MD)

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)

The Association for Accessible Medicines (“AAM”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its dormant commerce clause challenge to a Maryland statute prohibiting price gouging in the sale of prescription drugs. AAM also appeals the district court’s refusal to enjoin enforcement of the statute on the basis that it is unconstitutionally vague. We hold that the statute violates the dormant commerce ... More...    $0 (04-13-2018 - MD)

Kenneth Lucero (“Appellant”) was arrested in April 2010 after leafleting outside a
Baltimore arena during a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Circus (“Circus”). Specifically, he was arrested for failing to confine his leafleting to an
area designated for protest activities, as set forth in a protocol formulated by Baltimore’s
legal department in 2004 (“Protoc... More...    $0 (11-14-2017 - 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)

Kenneth Lucero (“Appellant”) was arrested in April 2010 after leafleting outside a Baltimore arena during a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (“Circus”). Specifically, he was arrested for failing to confine his leafleting to an area designated for protest activities, as set forth in a protocol formulated by Baltimore’s legal department in 2004 (“Protocol”). Appellant ... More...    $0 (10-14-2017 - mD)

On the morning of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a gunman used an AR-15-type Bushmaster rifle and detachable thirty-round magazines to murder twenty first-graders and six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Two additional adults were injured by gunfire, and just twelve children in the two targeted classrooms were not shot. Nine terrified children ran from one of the classrooms... More...    $0 (02-22-2017 - MD)

Plaintiff Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Alkermes Pharma Ireland, Limited (collectively,
“Par”) filed suit in September 2011 against TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“TWi”) alleging
infringement of U.S. Patent 7,101,576 (“the ‘576 patent”). After a bench trial, the court
concluded in a ruling issued on February 21, 2014 that the ‘576 patent was invalid as obvious.

On appeal, the... More...    $0 (12-13-2015 - MD)

On August 12, 2013, as the temperature in Baltimore reached 91°F, Gavin Class, a Towson University student, collapsed with exertional heatstroke while practicing as a member of the Towson University football team. He was transported to the Shock Trauma Unit at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where he remained in a coma for nine days and almost died. He suffered multi-orga... More...    $0 (11-13-2015 - MD)

On April 15, 2014, FedFirst and CB Financial announced that the two corporations
had executed a merger agreement that, if approved by the stockholders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock, would result in the merger of FedFirst and CB Financial.2 The
merger agreement provided that FedFirst shareholders would receive either $23.00 in cash
or 1.1590 shares of CB Fina... More...    $0 (11-09-2015 - 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)

Appellant Aaron Ross (“Appellantâ€�) brought this action challenging his March 12, 2008 and March 25, 2009 arrests for refusing to obey Baltimore City Police Officer Wayne Early’s (“Officer Earlyâ€�) repeated orders to confine his leafleting to the area designated for protest activities outside the First Mariner Arena (the “Arenaâ€�) in Baltimore, Maryland. The designated protest area was ... More...    $0 (03-06-2014 - 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)

In this case, we consider whether the district court erred in holding that Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (Morgan Keegan), a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is not subject to FINRA arbitration proceedings initiated by Louise Silverman, Max Silverman, and the Louise Silverman Trust (collectively, the defendants). In their FINRA arbitration claim, the defendants asserte... More...    $0 (02-05-2013 - MD)

Appellants Long Green Valley (“LGVAâ€�) and John and Susan Yoder (“the Yodersâ€�) appeal the issuance of a declaratory judgment by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in favor of appellees: Bellevale Farms, Inc., Bellevale Farms Limited Partnership, Prigel Family Creamery, Inc., and Robert E. and Carol A. Prigel (collectively, “Bellevaleâ€�), and the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservatio... More...    $0 (02-14-2012 - MD)

We are asked to review a jury verdict in favor of the Petitioner, Julia M. Taylor, an African American female, in a suit in which she alleged both sexual discrimination and retaliatory termination against Giant of Maryland LLC, Respondent.1 The focal point of our review of the discrimination verdict is the application of “comparator evidenceâ€�2 in the context of Ms. Taylor’s claim of disparat... More...    $0 (12-06-2011 - 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)

Appellants, Angelo N. Amabile and wife (the Amabiles), here seek to overturn the decree of a trial judge (Macgill, C.J.) in the Circuit Court for Howard County as modified by the Court of Special Appeals in Amabile v. Winkles, 24 Md. App. 292, 330 A.2d 473 (1975). The facts were fully set forth in that opinion. We shall relate only such facts as are necessary for a full understanding of the contro... More...    $0 (10-28-1975 - MD)

This appeal arises out of a dispute between owners of adjoining tracts of land over the alleged existence of a right of way of necessity claimed by the owner of a "landlocked" property, Nellie M. Michael, appellant, over the tract of land owned by the appellee, Laurie E. Needham.

The dispute had its origin in the fact that prior to September 22, 1931 one Raleigh Sherman was the owner of two... More...    $0 (04-14-1978 - 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)

Hosea Anderson and his wife, Bernice Anderson, live at 6534 Frietchie Row, Columbia, Maryland (the “Residenceâ€�). In 2006, the Andersons decided to refinance their home. Accordingly, on October 13, 2006, Mr. Anderson signed an “Adjustable Rate Balloon Noteâ€� promising to pay the lender, Wilmington Finance, Inc. (“Wilmingtonâ€�), the amount he had borrowed ($227,250.00), plus interest, in m... More...    $0 (12-20-2010 - MD)

For the fourth time we consider on appeal an aspect of Frederick E. Bouchat’s copyright infringement cause against the Baltimore Ravens football organization and National Football League entities for their unauthorized copying of a Ravens team logo, drawn by Bouchat, that was used for three seasons as the team’s official symbol. This appeal arises from an action Bouchat filed to enjoin defenda... More...    $0 (09-09-2010 - MD)

Appellant, Michael A. Freedman, claimed that appellee, the group of corporate entities known and commonly referred to as “Comcast,â€� violated the 1997 Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, Md. Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), § 10- 402 et seq. of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJâ€�). Appellant filed suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and the parties fil... More...    $0 (01-29-2010 - MD)

Charles Lee Petr owns and once lived in a house located at 116 Kinship Road, in the Dundalk area of Baltimore County (“the Propertyâ€�). 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 Actionâ€�... More...    $0 (01-04-2010 - MD)

These consolidated cases raise the important question of whether due process requires notice and an opportunity to be heard before a court declares a person to be a “frivolousâ€� or “vexatiousâ€� litigant, who must seek leave from the administrative judge before filing “any pleadings.â€� In this appeal, James Riffin, appellant, contends that the Circuit Court for Baltimore County failed to a... More...    $0 (01-06-2010 - MD)

In this case, we must address whether Section 12-303(3)(ix) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.),1 permits an appeal of an order denying a motion to compel arbitration, in a case in which the circuit court judge also expressly denied a motion to certify the denial as a final judgment. We will answer that question in the negative, shall vacate the ju... More...    $0 (11-13-2009 - MD)

The question presented by this appeal is whether the applicable statute of limitations for a claim filed in Maryland pursuant to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPAâ€�) is four years – based upon the federal “catch allâ€� limitation period set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) – or three years – based upon the Maryland general civil limitation period set forth in Mar... More...    $0 (10-05-2009 - MD)

Appellant, David S. Davidson, initiated this litigation by filing suit against appellees, Seneca Crossing Section II Housing Association, Inc. (“the Associationâ€�), Azadeh Kaider (“Azadehâ€�), Brian Kaider (“Brianâ€�), Lourdes Sandoval (“Lourdesâ€�), and Santiago Sandoval (“Santiagoâ€�).1 The individual appellees are past and present members of the Association’s Board of Directors. Th... More...    $0 (08-31-2009 - MD)

The litigation underlying this appeal arose out of the dispute between the two equal owners of two hotels and a condominium in Ocean City, Maryland. The appellee, Edward J. Dyas, Jr. (Dyas), was the plaintiff below. One of the appellants, Joseph M. Della Ratta (Della Ratta), was a defendant below. We shall refer to Della Ratta and Dyas collectively as "the Developers."

The earliest of their... More...    $0 (12-03-2008 - MD)

Appellant DIRECTV, Inc. ("DIRECTV"), a satellite television service provider, commenced this action in the Western District of North Carolina against appellee John Rawlins. DIRECTV alleged that Rawlins utilized illegal devices to access DIRECTV television programming beyond the level of his paid subscription in violation of, as relevant here, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (the ... More...    $0 (04-24-2008 - MD)

Declaratory judgment defendant Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. ("Leviton") appeals the February 15, 2006 order of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (1) granting plaintiff Shanghai Meihao Electric, Inc.'s ("Meihao") motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,040,967 ("the '967 patent"), No. 6,246,558 ("the '558 patent"), No. 6,381,112 ("the '1... More...    $0 (03-21-2007 - MD)

This multidistrict litigation includes five class actions brought initially in the state courts of Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sue Nokia Inc. and other entities (collectively, "Nokia") involved in the manufacture and sale of wireless telephones. The plaintiffs claim that wireless telephones emit an unsafe level of radio frequency radiation and t... More...    $0 (03-16-2005 - 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)

The principal parties to this dispute are a homeowners' association and a homeowner. Their quarrel, which began over a basketball hoop and a parking space, has resulted in at least four separate actions, with an intimation of more to come. At a loss as to why so little has generated so much conflict, we can only surmise that we are in the middle of what may be the litigatory equivalent ... More...    $0 (07-07-2004 - MD)