PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
September Term, 2024
Denied/Dismissed January 3, 2025
Leftridge v. Heyward - Pet. No. 340
Granted January 27, 2025
Hyperheal Hyperbarics, Inc., et al. v. Eric Shapiro – Case No. 42, September Term, 2024 (Cross-petition denied.)
Issue – Corporations & Associations – Is an employee who committed wrongful acts solely in his capacity as an employee entitled to indemnification pursuant to § 2-418 of the Corporations & Associations Article when there is no nexus between the wrongful conduct and use of any corporate powers bestowed on him as an officer or director?
Copinol Restaurant, Inc. v. 26 North Market Street, LLC - Case No. 43, September Term, 2024
Issues – Real Property – 1) Can a landlord unilaterally terminate a commercial lease/tenancy and evict a tenant pursuant to a Holding Over Complaint (§ 8-102 of the Real Property Article) when the written lease between the parties has not expired? 2) Can a landlord unilaterally terminate a commercial lease/tenancy and evict a tenant pursuant to a Holding Over Complaint based on an alleged “breach of lease” premised on the tenant briefly being late with rent payment when, prior to the time of the landlord initiating suit, the tenant had paid all rent due and owing in full?
Jamal Antoine Williams v. State of Maryland - Case No. 44, September Term, 2024
Issues – Criminal Law – 1) Does § 9-805(a) Criminal Law Article, which prohibits the “promot[ion]” of a criminal organization, require a specific intent to limit its scope to gang kingpins seeking to further one of the subtitle’s “underlying crimes” for the benefit of the organization? 2) Was there sufficient evidence to convict Petitioner of violating § 9-805(a) where his act of “promotion” consisted of standing by a codefendant who spray painted a gang symbol on a public wall, which is not one of the subtitle’s “underlying crimes”?
Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc., et al. v. Walters Workers United, Council 67, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, et al. - Case No. 45, Sept. Term, 2024
Issue – State Government – Is the Museum a “unit or instrumentality of the State or of a political subdivision” under the Maryland Public Information Act?
Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services v. Dallas Fenton - Case No. 46, September Term, 2024
Issue – Correctional Services – Did ACM err in holding that § 3-702(c) of the Correctional Services Article, which prohibits an inmate from earning diminution credits “while serving a sentence for” a third-degree sex offense involving a victim under 16 if the inmate “was previously convicted of” such an offense, applies only where the “previous[] convict[ion]” occurred before commission of the offense for which the inmate is “serving a sentence”?
Denied/Dismissed January 29, 2025
The order denying or dismissing the below petitions can be found here.
15615 Elsmere v. Pleasant Prospect HOA – Pet. No. 343
Allen, Justin v. State – Pet. No. 373
Billhimer v. Sea Tree Enterprises – Pet. No. 301
Brooks, Latonya M. v. State – Pet. No. 341
Chelsea Woods Courts Condo. v. Gates BF Invest. – Pet. No. 354
Clausen v. SMD Management – Pet. No. 410
Crocker, Steve Eric v. State – Pet. No. 368
Crowder, Derick Jerome v. State – Pet. No. 326
DeBerry, Shaunesi v. State – Pet. No. 378
DeBerry, Shaunesi v. State – Pet. No. 379
DeBerry, Shaunesi v. State – Pet. No. 380
DeBerry, Shaunesi v. State – Pet. No. 381
DeBerry, Shaunesi v. State – Pet. No. 382
Edwards v. Mukherjee – Pet. No. 349
Escobar-Argueta, Jose Eugenio v. State – Pet. No. 357
Francis v. Francis – Pet. No. 376
Gaynor v. Extended Stay America – Pet. No. 280
Glass v. Progressive Tech. Fed. Systems – Pet. No. 347
Hamrick, Ancil Tony v. State – Pet. No. 330
Harvin, Tyrone v. State – Pet. No. 355
In re: L.M. – Pet. No. 324
In the Matter of Ferguson – Pet. No. 329
Inexian Corp. v. Venable LLP – Pet. No. 374
Ivanchev, Aleksander Andreev v. State – Pet. No. 371
Keyser v. Goucher College – Pet. No. 375
Mustafa v. Ward – Pet. No. 352
State v. Harris, Anton – Pet. No. 338
Wang v. Monterey Condo. Ass’n – Pet. No. 351
Were v. Luo Women in the US – Pet. No. 358
Yan v. Suarez – Pet. No. 299
Denied/Dismissed January 30, 2025
Kiebler v. Johns Hopkins Bayview Med. Ctr. – Pet. No. 359