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Misc No. 2 - September Term, 2024
The Key School, Incorporated, et al. v. Valerie Bunker
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024.
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?
05-22-2024: Grant Order on Motion for Special Admission - Stevenson
05-22-2024: Grant Order On Motion For Special Admission - Hague
05-21-2024: Motion for Special Admission - Stevenson
05-21-2024: Motion For Special Admission - Hague
05-09-2024: Certification Order
Misc No. 1 - September Term, 2024
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Jane Doe
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024.
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?
05-07-2024: Session Briefing Notice
04-22-2024: Grant Order
04-19-2024: Motion for Special Admission of Out-of-State Attorney, Allen M. Gardner, Under Rule 19-214
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.
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?
05-28-2024: Grant Order & Writ of Certiorari
04-17-2024: Petition for Writ of Certiorari
No. 9 - September Term, 2024
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. John Doe, et al.
Oral arguments to be held September 10, 2024.
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?
05-28-2024: Grant Order & Writ of Certiorari
04-17-2024: Bypass Petition for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Maryland
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?
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