20080114 Special Session lawsuit appealed

Special Session lawsuit appealed

The Hat Tip goes to Beth Ward and the Carroll County Times who broke the story late Monday afternoon.

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An appeal of Carroll County Circuit Judge Thomas Stansfield's dismissal of the lawsuit was filed Monday afternoon in Carroll County Circuit Court.

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Five Republican legislators and a Carroll County businessman are appealing a judge's decision that there was no merit to a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of November's special session of the General Assembly.

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I’ve pasted the Notice of Appeal below:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CARROLL COUNTY

MICHAEL D. SMIGIEL, SR., et al.

Plaintiffs

v.

PETER FRANCHOT, et al.

Defendants

Case No.: 06-C-07-049648

NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice is hereby given that Plaintiffs Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., John C. Pardoe, David R. Brinkley, Allan H. Kittleman, Anthony O'Donnell, and Christopher Shank, by Irwin R. Kramer, their attorney, appeal to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland from the judgment entered in favor of Defendants on January 10, 2008 by the Circuit Court for Carroll County, Maryland, as

reflected in the Circuit Court’s Opinion and in its Declaratory Judgment of that same date.

/s/

_________________

Irwin R. Kramer

KRAMER & CONNOLLY

Suite 211

500 Redland Court

Owings Mills, Maryland 21117

(410) 581-0070

Counsel for Plaintiffs

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on January 14, 2008, a copy of the foregoing was sent via email attachment (by agreement of counsel) to:

Austin C. Schlick, Esquire

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

200 Saint Paul Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Terry A. Berger, Esquire

Suite 500

9141 Reisterstown Road

Owings Mills, Maryland

/s/

________________

Irwin R. Kramer