Articles Posted in Appellate Court of Maryland

This article outlines the appellate process in Maryland State court in five parts: initiation of the appeal and preliminary procedures; briefing deadlines and word count limits; the record extract; oral argument; and the time until an opinion is issued and petitions for review before the Supreme Court of Maryland. This…

On July 14, 2020, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Plank v. Cherneski, (Misc. No. 3, Sept. Term 2019) (July 14, 2020), which finally harmonized Maryland case law as to the existence of a standalone “breach of fiduciary duty” claim. The Court held that such a claim exists…