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The Maryland Attorney General’s Office signed the agreement with attorneys for the plaintiffs to settle the case. “This settlement marks an historic investment in Maryland’s Historically ...
Maryland entered a $13 million settlement towards officers' wages after an investigation revealed correctional officers worked overtime without pay.
The State of Maryland filed a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, which asked for the views of the Solicitor General of the United States. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. filed a brief recommending that the Supreme Court take the case and reverse the judgement of the Maryland state courts. On May 27, 2014, the ...
Finally, the case demonstrated an old adage: bringing a libel suit is generally a poor way to burnish a reputation. Westmoreland's suit brought greater attention to the CBS documentary and its allegations against him; the testimony of high-ranking military officers at trial provided further support for those allegations, in a highly public forum.
In Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. , 338 U.S. 912 (1950), the United States Supreme Court held that denial of a writ of certiorari could not be interpreted as anything other than a signal that fewer than four justices deemed it desirable to review the decision of the lower court.
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Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving a lawsuit against a sheriff's deputy brought by a motorist who was paralyzed after the officer ran his eluding vehicle off the road during a high-speed car chase. [1]
Section 15 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided: [A]ll the said courts of the United States, shall have power in the trial of actions at law, on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the parties to produce books or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the ...