Petitions for Writ of Certiorari - June, 2022

PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

September Term, 2021

 

 

Granted June 3, 2022

Kobina Ebo Abruquah v. State – Case No. 10, September Term, 2022

Issue – Criminal Law – Is firearm identification methodology sufficiently reliable to allow an examiner to identify a specific firearm as the source of a questioned bullet or casing, or should the examiner be permitted to testify, at most, that a firearm cannot be excluded as the source of the questioned projectile?

Maryland Department of the Environment v. Assateague Coastal Trust – Case No. 11, September Term, 2022

Issues – Environmental Law – 1) Was the Department’s final determination to require individualized assessments of gaseous emissions for poultry houses and other animal feeding operations covered by the general permit supported by substantial evidence in the record and not arbitrary and capricious? 2) Did the Department err in issuing a General Discharge Permit for Animal Feeding Operations without including controls for ammonia emissions, when Md. water pollution control laws unambiguously require regulation of ammonia emissions 3) Do the Clean Water Act and the more stringent Md. water pollution control laws require water discharge limitations that take into account impaired receiving waters (i.e. water quality-based effluent limitations) where effluent limitations based solely on minimum levels of treatment achieved by technology are ineffective?

Montgomery Park, LLC v. Maryland Department of General Services – Case No. 12, September Term, 2022

Issues – State Finance & Procurement – 1) Is it arbitrary or capricious for a procurement officer to cancel the proposed award of a procurement contract without making independent “written findings” required by Maryland law to support that decision, and instead relying on someone else’s findings that were not supported by the administrative record? 2) Did Petitioner have standing to challenge the unlawful award of a sole source contract to a different applicant?

Montgomery Park, LLC v. Maryland Department of General Services – Case No. 13, September Term, 2022

Issues – State Finance & Procurement – 1) Is it arbitrary or capricious for a procurement officer to cancel the proposed award of a procurement contract without making independent “written findings” required by Maryland law to support that decision, and instead relying on someone else’s findings that were not supported by the administrative record? 2) Did Petitioner have standing to challenge the unlawful award of a sole source contract to a different applicant?

 

 

Denied/Dismissed June 17, 2022

Beef Brothers v. WFX Fire, Lock & Security - Pet. Docket No. 416
Boskent v. Belvedere Council of Unit Owners - Pet. Docket No. 72 *
Bridges, Robert Michael v. State - Pet. Docket No. 38 *
Brooking v. Prince George's Cnty. - Pet. Docket No. 71 *
Burroughs, Travis v. State - Pet. Docket No. 380
Callender, Sean v. State - Pet. Docket No. 382
Carfax v. G&M Automotive - Pet. Docket No. 394
Cheng v. Cheng - Pet. Docket No. 393
Cockburn v. Best Buy Co. - Pet. Docket No. 61 *
Cox v. Sec'y, Dept. of Pub. Safety & Correctional Servs. - Pet. Docket No. 6 *
Davis v. Riddle - Pet. Docket No. 384
Dean v. Servicemaster by Singer - Pet. Docket No. 10 *
Garrett v. Holloway - Pet. Docket No. 50 *
Gunfeld Coal Co. v. Carey - Pet. Docket No. 73 *
Haughton v. Katcef - Pet. Docket No. 59 *
Hoey, Derek S. v. State - Pet. Docket No. 28 *
Howard v. TCA Property Mgmt.  - Pet. Docket No. 12 *
In the Matter of Moise - Pet. Docket No. 30 *
Kittle v. Holiday Real Estate - Pet. Docket No. 385
Mackinnon, Tieron v. State - Pet. Docket No. 68 *
Maryland Management Co. v. Simmons - Pet. Docket No. 22 *
Matabar v. Enterprise Leasing Co. of Balto. - Pet. Docket No. 13 *
Miles, Arnold v. State - Pet. Docket No. 411
Ogunsula v. Wu - Pet. Docket No. 60 *
Patrick, Michael v. State - Pet. Docket No.  48 *
Powers, Derwin Walter v. State - Pet. Docket No. 64 * 
Puleo v. Puleo - Pet. Docket No. 14 *
Reichert v. Hornbeck - Pet. Docket No. 79 *
Resper v. Sec'y, Dept. of Pub. Safety & Correctional Servs. - Pet. Docket No. 69 *
Resper v. Sec'y, Dept. of Pub. Safety & Correctional Servs. - Pet. Docket No. 70 *
Robinson v. AMT Lease - Pet. Docket No. 8 *
Robinson v. University Place Apts. - Pet. Docket No. 383
Schiff, Graham v. State - Pet. Docket No. 115 *
Walker v. Centre Insurance Co. - Pet. Docket No. 63 *
Webber v. Comptroller - Pet. Docket No. 55 *






* September Term, 2022