124 Md. App. 314 - Hamdan v. Klimovitz’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Criminal Injuries Compensation Board v. Gould · State Insurance Commissioner v. National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters · Hunt v. Montgomery County · Broadwater v. State · Turner v. Hammond
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[wjhere the plaintiffs pleading sets forth an actual or justi-ciable controversy, it is not subject to demurrer [or motion to dismiss] since it sets forth a cause of action, even though the plaintiff may not be entitled to a favorable declaration on the facts stated in his [or her] complaint; that is, in passing on the demurrer, the court is not concerned with the question whether the plaintiff is right in a controversy, but only with whether he [or she] is entitled to a declaration of rights with respect to the matters alleged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shipley v. Matlack“should be used in declaratory judgment actions only to challenge the legal availability or appropriateness of the remedy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shipley v. Matlack
How this case has been treated — in progress
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