• County Com’rs
of Carroll County v. Carroll Craft Retail, Inc., 384
Md. 23, 862 A.2d 404 (2004) (adult entertainment; civil procedure;
constitutional law; first amendment) (county failed to timely
appeal circuit court judgment in favor of adult bookstore)
• Livesay v. Baltimore County, 384 Md.
1, 862 A.2d 33 (2004) (governmental immunity; torts) (whether
corrections officer at Baltimore County Pre-trial Detention
Center who left inmate who attempted to hang himself was entitled
to immunity)
• Bond v. Slavin, 157 Md.App. 340, 851
A.2d 598 (2004) (privacy) (bank could not disclose customer’s
banking records outside of court prior to date of subpoena without
customers permission)
• City of Frederick v. Randall Family, LLC,
154 Md.App. 543, 841 A.2d 10, 32 Media L. Rep. 1609 (2004) (Public
Information Act) (whether City was required to disclose the
investigative files, including seized “Madame’s
Black Book,” retained by police following the close of
investigation into alleged prostitution ring)
• Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Football Club, Inc.,
346 F.3d 514 (4th Cir. 2003), cert. denied 541 U.S. 1042 (2004);
Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Football Club, Inc., 241 F.3d 350
(4th Cir. 2000), cert. denied 532 U.S. 1038 (2001) (Copyright
infringement litigation on behalf of artist who drew the Ravens’
“Flying B” logo copyright litigation)
• Bouchat v. Champion Products, Inc.,
327 F.Supp.2d 537 (2003), awaiting decision on appeal, Nos.
03-2173(L), 03-2174, 03-2389, 04-1008 (4th Cir.) (copyright
action against National Football League entities, sponsors,
manufacturers, and distributors of merchandise bearing the copyright-infringing
Raven’s “Flying B” logo)
• Pack Shack, Inc. v. Howard County,
377 Md. 55, 832 A.2d 170 (2003) (adult entertainment; constitutional
law; first amendment) (finding adult bookstore ordinance unconstitutional)
(trial court subsequently awarded $188,000 in attorney’s
fees)
• Murrell v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore,
376 Md. 170, 829 A.2d 548 (2003) (administrative law and procedure;
constitutional law) (Baltimore City Housing and Community Development
(HCD)denied statutory due process by razing buildings without
following required procedures)
• Bond v. Blum, 317 F.3d 385 (4th Cir.
2003) (copyright) (whether use of entire purloined manuscript
in civil litigation was “fair use”)
• Burns v. Scottish Development Co. Inc.,
141 Md.App. 697, 787 A.2d 786 (2001) (covenants; environmental
law; property) (attempt to save the last remaining trout stream
in Baltimore County)
• Burtnick v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore,
48 Fed.Appx. 889, 2002 WL 31375533 (4th Cir. 2002); see also
Burtnick v. McLean, 76 F.3d 611 (4th Cir. 1996)
(employment discrimination; governmental immunity; reverse discrimination)
(after jury finding in favor of Burtnick that he was terminated
from his position with the city during a racial purge of white
males, the Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s
award of $438,025.33 in back pay).
• Williams v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore,
359 Md. 101, 753 A.2d 41 (2000) (governmental immunity; intentional
torts) (finding a material dispute of fact as to whether a police
officer had a duty to protect because of a special relationship
and thus could be sued when he told a domestic violence victim
to remain inside her house with her mother while the officer
waited for a camera to arrive, but subsequently left the area).
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