McDaniel v. Baranowski’s Empirical Analysis

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4 district · 22 state decisions

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1. “Licensure under local ordinances in order to operate rental dwelling units is an integral part of a landlord’s status as claimant in those jurisdictions that require licensure. As a result, in order to invoke the facile process of summary ejectment, a landlord in those jurisdictions requiring licensure, must affirmatively plead and demonstrate that he is licensed at the time of the filing of the complaint for summary ejectment in order to initiate the summary ejectment process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 212 Md. App. 748 - Finch v. LVNV Funding LLC

2. “A person may not engage in any unfair or deceptive trade practice ... in: (1) The sale, lease, rental, loan, or bailment of any consumer goods, consumer realty, or consumer services; (2) The offer for sale, lease, rental, loan, or bailment of consumer goods, consumer realty, or consumer services; (3) The extension of consumer credit; or (4) The collection of consumer debts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 957 F. Supp. 2d 627 - Sager v. Housing Commission

3. “[I]f a statute requiring a license for conducting a trade, business or profession is regulatory in nature for the protection of the public, rather than merely to raise revenue, an unlicensed person will not be given the assistance of the courts in enforcing contracts within the provisions of the regulatory statute because such enforcement is against public policy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 212 Md. App. 748 - Finch v. LVNV Funding LLC