Muse v. Rogers' Heirs

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• tying actual-malice pleading requirement for state constitutional claims against local officials to Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc § 5-507(a)(l) (then codified at id. § 5-321
• a circuit court has “no . . . discretionary authority to permit the amendment of the complaint subsequent to the grant of summary judgment”
• “the plaintiff is prejudiced when an appellate court sua sponte raises and grants a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted”
• “The primary purpose of Rule 8-131(a) is to ensure fairness for all parties in a case and to promote the orderly administration of law.” (cleaned up)
• appellate court should not review whether plaintiff failed to state claim upon which relief can be granted when the only motion filed and the only motion ruled upon was for summary judgment
• “Robeson and Offutt ‘represent exceptions to the general rule that an appellate court will not address matters that were not raised or decided in the trial court,’ ” quoting County Council v. Offen, 334 Md. 499, 509, 639 A.2d 1070, 1075 (1994)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).