Thomas v. Gladstone

How courts have described this case

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

• “Under the common law ‘American Rule’ applied in Maryland, the prevailing party in a lawsuit may not recover attorneys’ fees as an element of damages or costs unless ... the parties to a contract have an agreement to that effect....”
• “Under the common law ‘American Rule’ applied in Maryland, the prevailing party in a lawsuit may not recover the attorneys’ fees as an element of damages or costs unless ... there is a statute that allows the imposition of such”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).