Sumpter v. Sumpter

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the doctrine of constitutional avoidance “means that when a non-constitutional ground for deciding a case presents itself, we decide the case on that ground rather than the constitutional grounds”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• A.A. v. Ab.D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-06-05· cited 7×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Stidham
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-07-05· cited 3×
• In Re ANDRE J.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-06-01· cited 1×
• Dabbs v. Anne Arundel County
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-03-30· cited 1×
• State v. Fabien
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-09-05
• Sims v. Sims
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-06-30
• In re: M.M. & A.M.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-08-28

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• North v. North
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-25· cited 162×
• Alastair Kyle v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1961-11-29· cited 107×
• Harris v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-08-05· cited 99×
• Gunning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-14· cited 76×
• Wilson v. John Crane, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-02-10· cited 63×
• City of Bowie v. MIE, Properties, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-05-04· cited 59×
• Wilson-X v. Department of Human Resources Ex Rel. Patrick
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-03-14· cited 46×
• State v. Raithel
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-07-20· cited 43×
• Flores v. Bell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-20· cited 41×
• Langrall, Muir & Noppinger v. Gladding
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-04-21· cited 37×
• State of Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corp. v. Billman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-17· cited 35×
• Allgood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-03-24· cited 32×
• Brown v. Brown
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-05-15· cited 31×
• Barksdale v. Wilkowsky
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-05-23· cited 30×
• Northwestern National Insurance v. Samuel R. Rosoff, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1950-05-17· cited 23×
• In Re Adoption No. 95195062
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-18· cited 14×
• Goodman v. Commercial Credit Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-06-11· cited 14×
• Denningham v. Denningham
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-07-10· cited 13×

Other cases named Sumpter v. Sumpter

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Sumpter v. Sumpter
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-21· cited 8×
• Sumpter v. Sumpter
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-02-08· cited 1×