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Debt-Buyer Lawsuits And Inaccurate Data, Peter A. Holland
Debt-Buyer Lawsuits And Inaccurate Data, Peter A. Holland
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Pursuant to secret purchase and sale agreements (also known as forward flow agreements), the accounts that banks sell to debt buyers are often sold “as is,” with explicit and emphatic disclaimers that the debts may not be owed, the amounts claimed may not be accurate, and documentation may be missing. Despite their full knowledge that the accuracy and completeness of the data has been specifically disclaimed by the bank, when they sue consumers, debt buyers tell courts that the information obtained from the bank is inherently reliable and accurate. In order to avoid a fraud on the courts, the contents …
Back To Basics: An Agenda For The Maryland General Assembly To Protect The Environment, Rena I. Steinzor, Lee Huang
Back To Basics: An Agenda For The Maryland General Assembly To Protect The Environment, Rena I. Steinzor, Lee Huang
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Maryland has a long-held reputation as a regional and national leader in environmental protection. But in some areas, especially enforcement, that reputation warrants scrutiny. For example, Maryland charges less than Pennsylvania and Virginia for some pollutant discharge permits, and the state does not assess permit fees for municipalities despite the resources required to administer those permits. The penalties for violating the Clean Water Act have remained chronically below the level allowed under federal law. Maryland law does not require MDE to penalize polluters for the full amount of the economic gain they achieved by flouting the law, unlike laws in …
Remarks By Professor Larry S. Gibson On The Occasion Of The Investiture Of Andre M. Davis, Larry S. Gibson
Remarks By Professor Larry S. Gibson On The Occasion Of The Investiture Of Andre M. Davis, Larry S. Gibson
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Remarks by Professor Larry S. Gibson on the Occasion of the Investiture of Andre M. Davis as an Associate Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, April 30, 2010.
Remarks On The Occasion Of The Renaming Of The Robert M. Bell Center For Civil Rights In Education At Morgan State University, Larry S. Gibson
Remarks On The Occasion Of The Renaming Of The Robert M. Bell Center For Civil Rights In Education At Morgan State University, Larry S. Gibson
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Remarks presented at the April 28th event honoring Maryland Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and the naming of the Morgan State University’s Center for Civil Rights in Education for the Judge.
Maryland And The Constitution Of The United States: An Introductory Essay, William L. Reynolds
Maryland And The Constitution Of The United States: An Introductory Essay, William L. Reynolds
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The State of Maryland and the attorneys who practice in it have played a profound role in the history of the Constitution of the United States. That relationship should not surprise anyone: after all, Maryland was one of the original thirteen states, and its proximity to the nation’s capitol ensured that its lawyers would play an active role in the bar of the Supreme Court. Although the case names alone would make that history apparent – McCulloch v. Maryland, Brown v. Maryland, Federal Baseball – I am not aware of a serious scholarly effort to bring that history to the …
Calvert Versus Carroll: The Quit-Rent Controversy Between Maryland's Founding Families, Garrett Power
Calvert Versus Carroll: The Quit-Rent Controversy Between Maryland's Founding Families, Garrett Power
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This essay examines the historical background behind the 1826 U.S. Supreme Court case of Cassell v. Carroll. The legal merits in the case concerned arcane questions of feudal property law which the Court avoided and left unanswered. Today the case is of little jurisprudential significance. It is the historical record behind Cassell v. Carroll that tells a story that continues to be of interest and importance today. It provides a window on the economic and social life in provincial Maryland. It tells the tale of two dysfunctional dynasties—the Barons of Baltimore (the Calverts), who lost their faith, their fortune …
Law And Letters: A Detailed Examination Of David Hoffman's Life And Career, Bill Sleeman
Law And Letters: A Detailed Examination Of David Hoffman's Life And Career, Bill Sleeman
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David Hoffman (1784-1854) has been cast as America's first legal ethicist and as the founder of one of the nation’s first original methods of legal instruction. While these interpretations of his life are certainly true, Hoffman’s life and career encompassed so much more than that. With few exceptions researchers have focused on Hoffman’s legal career and have left historians to wonder about his other pursuits. This article will review, in individual sections, the many facets of Hoffman's life and career in an effort to provide a more complete picture than has previously existed.
Precursors Of Rosa Parks: Maryland Transportation Cases Between The Civil War And The Beginning Of World War I, David S. Bogen
Precursors Of Rosa Parks: Maryland Transportation Cases Between The Civil War And The Beginning Of World War I, David S. Bogen
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When Rosa Parks refused to move to a seat in the back of the bus in Montgomery, it sparked the boycott and was a critical event in the Civil Rights movement. But Mrs. Parks was the culmination of a long tradition of resistance to segregation. Many teachers, ministers, businessmen and ordinary citizens refused to accept second class treatment on the railways and waterways of Maryland between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I, and took their protest to the courts. Facing hostile state courts after the Civil War, African-American plaintiffs needed to access the …
The Residential Segregation Of Baltimore's Jews: Restrictive Covenants Or Gentlemen's Agreement?, Garrett Power
The Residential Segregation Of Baltimore's Jews: Restrictive Covenants Or Gentlemen's Agreement?, Garrett Power
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No abstract provided.
Short Circuit: The Overselling Of Television In Politics, Larry S. Gibson
Short Circuit: The Overselling Of Television In Politics, Larry S. Gibson
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Television and now the Internet are at the forefront of American political campaigning but many local elections are won on the ground with little or no investment in television. This piece, originally developed as a book proposal, examines the development of political campaigns in Baltimore, Maryland and nationally with a particular emphasis on the experience of African American candidates.
Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton
Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton
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No abstract provided.
Democracy's Incursion Into The Eastern Shore: The 1870 Election In Chestertown, C. Christopher Brown
Democracy's Incursion Into The Eastern Shore: The 1870 Election In Chestertown, C. Christopher Brown
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No abstract provided.
The Annapolis Poll Books Of 1800 And 1804: African American Voting In The Early Republic, David S. Bogen
The Annapolis Poll Books Of 1800 And 1804: African American Voting In The Early Republic, David S. Bogen
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No abstract provided.
The Continued Importance Of The Maryland Declaration Of Rights, William L. Reynolds
The Continued Importance Of The Maryland Declaration Of Rights, William L. Reynolds
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An analysis of the origins and development of Maryland's 'Declaration of Rights.'
A Call For Uniformity, Susan P. Leviton
The Transformation Of The Fourteenth Amendment: Reflections From The Admission Of Maryland's First Black Lawyers, David S. Bogen
The Transformation Of The Fourteenth Amendment: Reflections From The Admission Of Maryland's First Black Lawyers, David S. Bogen
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October 10, 1985, was the one hundredth anniversary of the admission to the bar of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City of Everett J. Waring, the first black lawyer admitted to practice before the state courts in Maryland. This article explores the efforts of African-American lawyers to establish the right to practice law in Maryland and their role in the larger struggle for political and civil rights.
Apartheid Baltimore Style: The Residential Segregation Ordinances Of 1910-1913, Garrett Power
Apartheid Baltimore Style: The Residential Segregation Ordinances Of 1910-1913, Garrett Power
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On May 15, 1911, Baltimore Mayor J. Barry Mahool signed into law an ordinance for “preserving the peace, preventing conflict and ill feeling between the white and colored races in Baltimore City.” This ordinance provided for the use of separate blocks by African American and whites and was the first such law in the nation directly aimed at segregating black and white homeowners. This article considers the historical significance of Baltimore’s first housing segregation law.
Tailoring Guardianship To The Needs Of Mentally Handicapped Citizens, Barbara A. Cohen, Barbara Oosterhout, Susan P. Leviton
Tailoring Guardianship To The Needs Of Mentally Handicapped Citizens, Barbara A. Cohen, Barbara Oosterhout, Susan P. Leviton
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No abstract provided.
A Practitioner's Guide To The Maryland Antitrust Act, William L. Reynolds, James D. Wright
A Practitioner's Guide To The Maryland Antitrust Act, William L. Reynolds, James D. Wright
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No abstract provided.