Ferrell v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 27 state decisions

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1. “This Court has repeatedly held that an order “having the effect of terminating the case in the circuit court, is a final judgment.” Montgomery County v. Revere National Corp., 341 Md. 366, 378 , 671 A.2d 1, 7 (1996). See, e.g., Moore v. Pomory, 329 Md. 428, 431 , 620 A.2d 323, 325 (1993) (circuit court’s order dismissing complaint without prejudice is a final judgment because it “puts the plaintiff out of court and terminates the particular action in [that] court”); Horsey v. Horsey, 329 Md. 392, 402 , 620 A.2d 305, 310 (1993) (circuit court order requiring the parties to arbitrate their entire dispute is a final judgment, as the “order effectively terminates that particular case before the trial court”); Wilde v. Swanson, 314 Md. 80, 83-87 , 548 A.2d 837, 838-840 (1988) (dismissal of action on the ground of improper venue, like a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, is a final judgment because “the plaintiffs were deprived of the means of further prosecuting their claim against [the defendant] in that court”); Doehring v. Wagner, 311 Md. 272, 275 , 533 A.2d 1300, 1301-1302 (1987) (circuit court’s order granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment was a final judgment, as the order “put the plaintiffs out of court” and “terminated the litigation in that court”); Houghton v. County Com’rs of Kent Co., 307 Md. 216, 221 , 513 A.2d 291, 293 (1986). The notion embraced by the defendants and the Court of Special Appeals in this case, that an order terminating the case in the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. HARIRI v. Dahne

2. “In the present ease, however, the circuit court’s orders denied Mrs. Carroll all relief in the circuit court; they completely terminated the action in circuit court, remanding the case to the District Court for trial. Nothing was left to be done in the circuit court. Accordingly, the order was a final appealable judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brewster v. Woodhaven Building & Development, Inc.