Maryland 1983 Law
Leah P. Hollis v. Morgan State University, et al.
Baltimore, Maryland employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on d Title VII, Title IX, Section 1983, and Maryland state law violation theories.<br> <br> Dr. Leah Hollis alleges that in her former job as a professor at Morgan State University, the university denied her promotions multiple times because of her sex, paid her less than her male colleagues, and retaliated against her when she fo... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Kyrie Rashaud Thompson
Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and witness tampering.<br> <br> Kyrie Rashaud Thompson pleaded guilty to kidnapping and attempted witness<br> tampering without a plea agreement. Despite his unconditional plea, Thompson now seeks<br> to challenge the district court's denial of his earlier motion to suppress, as he claims the<br> district... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. John N. Huffington >/h2>
Justice Went to Hell in Frederick Maryland when John Norman Huffington was found guilty of a crime he did not commit and was sentenced to death.<br> <br> In the early morning hours of May 25, 1981 Diane Becker ("Becker") and Joseph Hudson ("Hudson") were brutally murdered in Harford County, Maryland. There is little doubt that the murders were drug-related. On the night in question Deno Constantin... More...
$0 (11-13-1983 - MD)Kurt Alexander v. Sterlin Proctor, et al.
Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> In the spring of 2021, Plaintiff Kurt Alexander ("Alexanderâ€) worked as a law enforcement officer for Federal Protective Services ("FPSâ€), an arm of the Department of Homeland Security ("DHSâ€), and lived in private military housing at Joint Base Andrews ... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - MD)Terry Proctor, et al. v. Carolyn J. Scruggs, et al.
Baltimore, Maryland civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Plaintiffs' allegations arise out of Mr. Proctor's death after he was stabbed by another inmate on December 14, 2020, while he was incarcerated at Dorsey Run Correctional Facility ("Dorsey Runâ€) in Jessup, Maryland. (ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 19, 24.) Plaintiffs allege that shortly before 11:... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MD)<h3> State of Maryland v. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart, Jr.
Baltimore, Maryland Defendants Alfred Chestnut, Ramsom Watkins and Andrew Steward, Jr., all African American teenagers where accused of shooting and killing 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett on November 18, 1983.<br> <br> At the time Duckett was shot he and three friends were taking a short cut of the Harlem Park Junior High School cafeteria after leaving the science class. A youth demanded Duckett's jac... More...
$0 (05-28-1984 - MD)Commonwealth of Maryland v. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andre Stewart
On November 18, 1983, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and RansomWatkins, "The Boys," were escorted off of the grounds of the school they had attended. The security officer then locked the school's entrances and exits. <br> <br> Around 1:18 p.m. that same day, Harlem Park student DeWitt Duckett was headed to lunch with three friends, minors who will be referred to as E.C., R.B., and J.C. One of t... More...
$0 (12-31-1985 - MD)Charles Chesnut, et al. v. City of Baltimore, et al.
This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred <br> Chestnut ("Chestnutâ€), Andrew Stewart, Jr. ("Stewartâ€), and Ransom Watkins ("Watkinsâ€) <br> (collectively, "Plaintiffsâ€) for felony murder of a 14-year-old boy named DeWitt Duckett in <br> 1983. (ECF No. 1.) On November 25, 2019, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted the <br> Pl... More...
$0 (02-27-2022 - MD)Alfred Chestnut, et al. v. Donald Kincaid, et al.
Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred <br> Chestnut ("Chestnutâ€), Andrew Stewart, Jr. ("Stewartâ€), and Ransom Watkins ("Watkinsâ€) <br> (collectively, "Plaintiffsâ€) for felony murder of a 14... More...
$48000000 (04-28-2021 - MD)State of Maryland v. Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins
Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with one count of felony murder, and to a consecutive twenty years of imprisonment for use of a handgun in a crime of violence. for shooting and killing 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett, who was robbed for his Georgetown starter jacket and fatally shot at Harlem Park Junior High School on Nov. 18, 1983. <br> <br> Police char... More...
$0 (07-10-1984 - MD)Shirley Johnson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Elbert Davis, Sr. et al v. Baltimore City Police Department et al.
Baltimore, Maryland wrongful death personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Baltimore_MD_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Federal Courthouse - Baltimore, Maryland"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthou... More...
$0 (03-01-2023 - MD)Anthony Fludd v. Donielle Kirkwood
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Annapolis, MD - Divorce lawyer represented plaintiff with appealing a child support claim. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Mr. Fludd and Ms. Kirkwood are the natural parents of two minor children. In <br> January 2012, Ms. Kirkwood filed a bill of complaint for custody of the parties' then-only<br> child in the Circuit Court f... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - MD)TERRENCE BELTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND<BR> SHAKIEA WORSLEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Annapolis, MD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendants with manslaughter, two handgun offenses and accessory after the fact to the manslaughter charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In the Old English epic of Beowulf, the peace and tranquility of Hrothgar's Hall was <br> initially shattered by the unexpected appeara... More...
$0 (05-12-2022 - MD)Anthony Fludd v. Donielle Kirkwood
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Annapolis, MD - Divorce lawyer represented appelant with a motion to modify. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> For nearly a decade, the parents of the two children at the center of this case have <br> been fighting over custody and child support, flooding the docket in the Circuit Court for <br> Montgomery County with over 500 entrie... More...
$0 (03-16-2022 - MD)Jeffry E. Taylor v. Baltimore Police Department, et al.
Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming $1.5 million in damages and/or injuries.... More...
$1 (01-19-2022 - MD)BENJAMIN CALEB TROTT v. STATE OF MARYLAND
<center><h2><font color="red"> ANNAPOLIS, MD - Criminal defense attorney represented Benjamin Caleb Trott with a drunk driving charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> After entering a plea of not guilty, Mr. Trott filed a motion to suppress, arguing that <br> Corporal Michael Cooper lacked a reasonable, articulable suspicion to justify the stop <br> because it was based solely on a dispat... More...
$0 (05-20-2021 - MD)American Legion, et al. v. American Humanists Association, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Since 1925, the Bladensburg Peace Cross (Cross) has stood as a tribute to 49 area soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War. Eighty-nine years after the dedi-cation of the Cross, respondents filed this lawsuit, claim-ing that they are offended by the... More...
$0 (06-20-2019 - MD)Case De Maryland, et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> In 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy. Under this policy, certain noncitizens who came to the United States as children could receive deferred action—a decision forbearing their ... More...
$0 (05-17-2019 - MD)Anthony Robinson v. United States Department of Education
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellant Anthony Robinson appeals the dismissal of his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The district court found that it lacked jurisdiction over the claim because Congress had not waived ... More...
$0 (03-07-2019 - MD)Virginia Callahan; T.G. v. Pacific Cycle, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/slides/greenbelt-federal-court.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Virginia Callahan and her minor granddaughter T.G. (“Appellants”) initiated this<br> action against Pacific Cycle and Toys “R” Us (“Appellees”). Appellants alleged various<br> strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty claims, all arising ... More...
$0 (11-24-2018 - MD)United States of Amrica v. Ancient Coin Collectors Guild
This appeal is pursued by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (the “Guild”) from the judgment in the District of Maryland ordering forfeiture to the United States of seven ancient Cypriot coins and eight ancient Chinese coins, which were imported into this country by the Guild. Incorporated within its challenge to the propriety of the district court’s summary judgment decision, the Guild conte... More...
$0 (08-14-2018 - MD)Franklin Savage v. State of Maryland
These appeals are part of broader litigation alleging pervasive race discrimination and unlawful retaliation against three African-American police officers who worked for Pocomoke City in Worcester County, Maryland. The issues before us today arise from the interactions of one of those plaintiffs, Franklin Savage, with the State’s Attorney for Worcester County, Beau Oglesby. According to Savage,... More...
$0 (07-14-2018 - MD)TROY D. PRICE, JR. and ATLANTIC RO-RO CARRIERS, INC.; BALTIC MERCUR JOINT STOCK COMPANY v. MOS SHIPPING CO., LTD. <table> <td>
Troy D. Price, Jr., appeals the district court’s order entering judgment in favor of <br> Mos Shipping Co., Ltd. (“Mos”), following a jury trial, and the district court’s order <br> denying Price’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(a) motion for a new trial. Mos cross-appeals, <br> challenging the district court’s orders denying its pretrial motion for summary judgment <br> and granting the pretrial... More...
$0 (07-06-2018 - MD)Rockville Cars, LLC v. City of Rockville, Maryland
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 suspen... More...
$0 (05-24-2018 - MD)Quality Inns International, Inc. v. McDonald's Corporation
MEYER, District Judge.<br> <br> 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)E.W. v. Rosemary Dolgos and WICOMICO County Sheriff's Department
This matter involves a school resource officer’s decision to handcuff a calm, compliant elementary school student for fighting with another student three days prior. The child brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth Amendment and several state law claims. On a motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded that the officer’s cond... More...
$0 (02-14-2018 - MD)Kenneth Lucero v. Wayne A. Early
Kenneth Lucero (“Appellant”) was arrested in April 2010 after leafleting outside a<br> Baltimore arena during a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey<br> Circus (“Circus”). Specifically, he was arrested for failing to confine his leafleting to an<br> area designated for protest activities, as set forth in a protocol formulated by Baltimore’s<br> legal department in 200... More...
$0 (11-14-2017 - MD)Kenneth Lucero v. Wayne A. Early, May and City County, Baltimore City Police Department
This case arises from an amendment to Rockville’s zoning ordinance that prohibited the construction of self-storage facilities within 250 feet of property on which a public school is located. Appellants Siena Corporation and Rockville North Land LLLP (collectively “Siena”) complain that the enactment of this amendment amounted to a denial of their due process and equal protection rights unde... More...
$0 (11-13-2017 - MD)United States of America v. Melina Ali
Following an investigation of Melina Ali’s income tax liability, the Internal Revenue Service issued a summons to her seeking various documents. When Ali failed to produce certain documents, the district court held her in contempt. Ali appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm.<br> I.<br> This case involves a complex factual and procedural history, which we need only briefly summarize.... More...
$0 (11-06-2017 - MD)Wayne Oliver v. Campbell-McCormick, Inc.
In these proceedings, plaintiff Wayne Oliver filed a complaint in Maryland state court alleging asbestos exposure claims against, among other defendants, Campbell-McCormick, Inc. (“CMC”). In response, CMC filed a third-party complaint against several entities, including General Electric Company (“GE”). GE then removed the litigation to the District of Maryland, prompting Oliver to move to ... More...
$0 (11-06-2017 - MD)American Humanist Association v. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
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)Keri L. Borzilleri v. Marilyn J. Mosby
This case arises out of appellant Keri Borzilleri’s suit alleging that appellee Marilyn Mosby fired her for supporting Mosby’s political rival, thereby violating Borzilleri’s First Amendment rights. The district court determined that, as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Borzilleri was a policymaker exempt from the First Amendment’s protection against patronage dismissals. We affirm. To hol... More...
$0 (10-17-2017 - MD)Kenneth Lucero v. Wayne A. Early, May and City County, Baltimore City Police Department
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�... More...
$0 (10-14-2017 - mD)Marlow Humbert v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, et al.
For over a year, Appellant Marlow Humbert languished in pretrial solitary confinement, charged with committing a heinous act of sexual assault. The questionable investigatory strategies of Baltimore City Police Department (“BPD”) officers led to Humbert’s unlawful arrest. Afterwards, the officers failed to inform the State’s Attorney that the victim could not positively identify Humbert an... More...
$0 (08-24-2017 - MD)<h3> Elizabeth Horowitz v. The Honorable Michael D. Mason
Judge Michael D. Mason of the Maryland Circuit Court for Montgomery County entered an $87,727.76 judgment against Plaintiffs Robert Horowitz and Cathy Horowitz and in favor of the law firm of Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wetheimer Polott & Obecny, P.C. (“Selzer”). Following entry of that judgment, the Horowitzes1 brought the instant action alleging that two Selzer attorneys—Defendants Maury S. Epne... More...
$0 (03-13-2017 - MD)State Of Maryland v. Hector Leonel Gutierrez & Edgar Perez-Lazaro
At approximately seven in the evening on August 9, 2012, Prince George’s <br> County Police executed a search warrant at apartment 102 located at 8018 14th Avenue <br> in Hyattsville. The apartment was small and compact and contained a single bath, a <br> galley-style kitchen and one bedroom, although the living room contained at least one <br> other bed. When police entered the apartment, they ... More...
$0 (03-08-2016 - MD)United States v. Carpenter
In May 2013, Detective M, a member of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office (who was also a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force) saw a posted advertisement on Craigslist.com soliciting sex but identifying no age restriction. The detective adopted the assumed identity of a 13-year-old female and responded to the posting. Over the next two days, the detective corresponded with ... More...
$0 (01-17-2016 - MD)US v. Daniel Blue
On appeal, Daniel Blue (Blue) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions on a single count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and aiding and abetting the same in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2, and a single count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of her... More...
$0 (12-10-2015 - MD)United States v. O'Neil
Appellant wrongfully used marijuana at a party in November 2013 and again at a party in December 2013. At the December party, Appellant also wrongfully used cocaine. During his Care inquiry,1 Appellant explained that he took more than one hit from the marijuana cigarette he smoked at the party in November. According to Appellant, this party was on a weekend and he was selected for a random urin... More...
$0 (11-28-2015 - MD)United States v. Morgan
Over the course of Appellant’s first four years in the Air Force, he was engaged in multiple tumultuous relationships, three of which resulted in charges in this case. In 2009, about a year after joining the Air Force, Appellant married KM, a woman from his hometown. KM served on active duty for a short period of time but was medically retired due to issues with her hips that developed during ... More...
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