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Most-cited civil procedure cases
United Parcel Service, Inc. v. People's Counsel336 Md. 569 (1994) · cited 236×Beatty v. Trailmaster Products, Inc.330 Md. 726 (1993) · cited 234×King v. Bankerd303 Md. 98 (1985) · cited 208×Heat & Power Corp. v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.320 Md. 584 (1990) · cited 207×Board of Physician Quality Assurance v. Banks354 Md. 59 (1999) · cited 203×Impala Platinum Ltd. v. Impala Sales (U.S.A.), Inc.283 Md. 296 (1978) · cited 168×Berkey v. Delia287 Md. 302 (1980) · cited 141×Ashton v. Brown339 Md. 70 (1995) · cited 138×Salisbury Beauty Schools v. State Board of Cosmetologists268 Md. 32 (1973) · cited 138×Rohrbeck v. Rohrbeck318 Md. 28 (1989) · cited 134×Criminal Injuries Compensation Board v. Gould273 Md. 486 (1975) · cited 133×Condon v. State332 Md. 481 (1993) · cited 118×In Re Yve S.373 Md. 551 (2003) · cited 113×Mayor of Baltimore v. Chase360 Md. 121 (2000) · cited 113×Poffenberger v. Risser290 Md. 631 (1981) · cited 113×Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Washington National Arena282 Md. 588 (1978) · cited 112×Davis v. Slater383 Md. 599 (2004) · cited 108×Williams v. State292 Md. 201 (1981) · cited 107×Lynx, Inc. v. Ordnance Products, Inc.273 Md. 1 (1974) · cited 103×Lloyd v. Board of Supervisors of Elections206 Md. 36 (2001) · cited 102×Ross v. Hoffman280 Md. 172 (1977) · cited 102×Hartford Insurance v. Manor Inn of Bethesda, Inc.335 Md. 135 (1994) · cited 100×Henley v. Prince George's County305 Md. 320 (1986) · cited 94×Shell Oil Co. v. Supervisor of Assessments276 Md. 36 (1975) · cited 92×Myers v. Kayhoe391 Md. 188 (2006) · cited 91×Harvey v. Marshall389 Md. 243 (2005) · cited 91×Oken v. State327 Md. 628 (1992) · cited 91×Hunt v. Montgomery County248 Md. 403 (1968) · cited 89×Barbre v. Pope402 Md. 157 (2007) · cited 88×Taylor v. NationsBank, N.A.365 Md. 166 (2001) · cited 88×Okwa v. Harper360 Md. 161 (2000) · cited 87×Batson v. Shiflett325 Md. 684 (1992) · cited 87×Reyes v. Prince George's County281 Md. 279 (1977) · cited 86×Amalgamated Casualty Insurance v. Helms239 Md. 529 (1965) · cited 86×Colandrea v. Wilde Lake Community Ass'n361 Md. 371 (2000) · cited 85×Gross v. Sussex Inc.332 Md. 247 (1993) · cited 85×Adamson v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.359 Md. 238 (2000) · cited 84×Clea v. Mayor of Baltimore312 Md. 662 (1988) · cited 84×Mayor of Oakland v. Mayor of Mountain Lake Park392 Md. 301 (2006) · cited 83×Bryniarski v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals247 Md. 137 (1967) · cited 83×Pulley v. State287 Md. 406 (1980) · cited 82×O'CONNOR v. Baltimore County382 Md. 102 (2004) · cited 81×Bd. of Ed. for Dorchester Co. v. Hubbard305 Md. 774 (1986) · cited 81×Dashiell v. Meeks396 Md. 149 (2006) · cited 80×Spencer v. Maryland State Board of Pharmacy380 Md. 515 (2004) · cited 80×Goodwich v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.343 Md. 185 (1996) · cited 80×State Center, LLC v. Lexington Charles Ltd. Partnership438 Md. 451 (2014) · cited 79×Remsburg v. Montgomery376 Md. 568 (2003) · cited 79×Frederick Road Ltd. Partnership v. Sturm360 Md. 76 (2000) · cited 78×Harris v. Harris310 Md. 310 (1987) · cited 78×Board of Educ., Garrett Co. v. Lendo295 Md. 55 (1982) · cited 78×Brewer v. Mele267 Md. 437 (1972) · cited 77×Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Comm'n v. Crawford307 Md. 1 (1986) · cited 76×Phipps v. General Motors Corp.278 Md. 337 (1976) · cited 76×Town of Somerset v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals245 Md. 52 (1966) · cited 76×Height v. State225 Md. 251 (1961) · cited 76×Ball v. State347 Md. 156 (1997) · cited 75×White v. Prince George's County282 Md. 641 (1978) · cited 75×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Bleecker414 Md. 147 (2010) · cited 74×Lovelace v. Anderson366 Md. 690 (2001) · cited 74×Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore359 Md. 101 (2000) · cited 74×Neuenschwander v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission187 Md. 67 (1946) · cited 74×Clark v. Elza286 Md. 208 (1979) · cited 73×Eastgate Associates v. Apper276 Md. 698 (1976) · cited 73×Rosenblatt v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.335 Md. 58 (1994) · cited 72×Williams v. State204 Md. 55 (1982) · cited 72×Alvey v. Alvey225 Md. 386 (1961) · cited 72×Pressman v. Barnes209 Md. 544 (1956) · cited 72×Gisriel v. Ocean City Board of Supervisors of Elections345 Md. 477 (1997) · cited 71×Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Lane338 Md. 34 (1995) · cited 71×Cheney v. Bell National Life Insurance315 Md. 761 (1989) · cited 71×Bartholomey v. State267 Md. 175 (1972) · cited 71×Livesay v. Baltimore County384 Md. 1 (2004) · cited 70×First Federated Commodity Trust Corp. v. Commissioner of Securities272 Md. 329 (1974) · cited 70×Converge Services Group, LLC v. Curran383 Md. 462 (2004) · cited 69×DiGrazia v. COUNTY EXEC. FOR MONT. CTY.288 Md. 437 (1980) · cited 69×D'AOUST v. Diamond424 Md. 549 (2012) · cited 68×Williams v. State302 Md. 787 (1985) · cited 68×Coffey v. Derby Steel Co.291 Md. 241 (1981) · cited 68×Prince George's County v. Blumberg288 Md. 275 (1980) · cited 68×Offutt v. Montgomery County Board of Education285 Md. 557 (1979) · cited 68×Baltimore Transit Co. v. Mezzanotti227 Md. 8 (1961) · cited 68×Robinson v. State353 Md. 683 (1999) · cited 67×Henry v. State324 Md. 204 (1991) · cited 67×Metropolitan Mortgage Fund, Inc. v. Basiliko288 Md. 25 (1980) · cited 67×MPC, Inc. v. Kenny279 Md. 29 (1977) · cited 67×McKeever v. Washington Heights Realty Corp.183 Md. 216 (1944) · cited 67×State v. Johnson415 Md. 413 (2010) · cited 66×Vincent v. Palmer179 Md. 365 (1941) · cited 66×State v. Simms420 Md. 705 (2011) · cited 65×Houghton v. County Comm'rs of Kent Co.305 Md. 407 (1986) · cited 65×Unnamed Attorney v. Attorney Grievance Commission303 Md. 473 (1985) · cited 65×Cornish v. State272 Md. 312 (1974) · cited 65×Rocks v. Brosius241 Md. 612 (1966) · cited 65×Snyder v. Cearfoss186 Md. 360 (1946) · cited 65×Bowen v. City of Annapolis402 Md. 587 (2007) · cited 64×East v. Gilchrist293 Md. 453 (1982) · cited 64×Green v. H & R BLOCK, INC.355 Md. 488 (1999) · cited 63×Fioretti v. Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners351 Md. 66 (1998) · cited 63×Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Riverdale Heights Volunteer Fire Co.308 Md. 556 (1987) · cited 63×Evans v. State304 Md. 487 (1985) · cited 63×Sigma Reproductive Health Center v. State297 Md. 660 (1983) · cited 63×Neal v. State272 Md. 323 (1974) · cited 63×Boone v. State3 Md. App. 11 (1968) · cited 63×Cochran v. Norkunas398 Md. 1 (2007) · cited 62×Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Anderson395 Md. 172 (2006) · cited 62×Geisz v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center313 Md. 301 (1988) · cited 62×Martens Chevrolet, Inc. v. Seney292 Md. 328 (1982) · cited 62×Board of Zoning Appeals v. McKinney174 Md. 551 (1938) · cited 62×Breslin v. Powell421 Md. 266 (2011) · cited 61×Murray International Freight Corp. v. Graham315 Md. 543 (1989) · cited 61×Jones v. State311 Md. 398 (1988) · cited 61×Howard County Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, Inc. v. Walls288 Md. 526 (1980) · cited 61×Woodlawn Area Citizens Ass'n v. Board of County Commissioners241 Md. 187 (1966) · cited 61×Tanner v. McKeldin202 Md. 569 (1953) · cited 61×Lloyd v. General Motors Corp.397 Md. 108 (2007) · cited 60×Greco v. State347 Md. 423 (1997) · cited 60×Hoey v. State311 Md. 473 (1988) · cited 60×Klein v. Weiss284 Md. 36 (1978) · cited 60×Pat Perusse Realty Co. v. Lingo249 Md. 33 (1968) · cited 60×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Brown426 Md. 298 (2012) · cited 59×Aventis Pasteur, Inc. v. Skevofilax396 Md. 405 (2007) · cited 59×C & P TELEPHONE CO. OF MD. v. Director of Finance, City Council of Baltimore343 Md. 567 (1996) · cited 59×Rubin v. State325 Md. 552 (1992) · cited 59×D & Y, INC. v. Winston320 Md. 534 (1990) · cited 59×Jennings v. Government Employees Insurance302 Md. 352 (1985) · cited 59×JOHNSON, ETC. v. State238 Md. 528 (1965) · cited 59×Hammond v. Lancaster194 Md. 462 (1950) · cited 59×Derry v. State358 Md. 325 (2000) · cited 58×Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Scarlett Harbor Associates Ltd. Partnership109 Md. App. 217 (1996) · cited 58×Public Service Commission v. Patuxent Valley Conservation League300 Md. 200 (1984) · cited 58×Eggleston v. State209 Md. 504 (1956) · cited 58×Ross v. Pick199 Md. 341 (1952) · cited 58×State v. Shields49 Md. 301 (1878) · cited 58×Deford v. State ex rel. Keyser30 Md. 179 (1869) · cited 58×General Motors Corp. v. Seay388 Md. 341 (2005) · cited 57×PaineWebber Inc. v. East363 Md. 408 (2001) · cited 57×Shoemaker v. Smith353 Md. 143 (1999) · cited 57×Bucktail, LLC v. County Council352 Md. 530 (1999) · cited 57×Southland Corp. v. Griffith332 Md. 704 (1993) · cited 57×Zouck v. Zouck204 Md. 285 (1990) · cited 57×Higgins v. Barnes310 Md. 532 (1987) · cited 57×Taylor v. Taylor306 Md. 290 (1986) · cited 57×Board of Trustees v. John K. Ruff, Inc.278 Md. 580 (1976) · cited 57×Diener Enterprises, Inc. v. Miller266 Md. 551 (1972) · cited 57×Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti358 Md. 689 (2000) · cited 56×Rose v. Fox Pool Corp.335 Md. 351 (1994) · cited 56×Collins v. State318 Md. 269 (1990) · cited 56×Crowe v. Houseworth272 Md. 481 (1974) · cited 56×White v. Friel210 Md. 274 (1956) · cited 56×Hahn v. Claybrook130 Md. 179 (1917) · cited 56×Koste v. Town of Oxford431 Md. 14 (2013) · cited 55×Hill v. Cross Country Settlement, LLC402 Md. 281 (2007) · cited 55×Evans v. State396 Md. 256 (2006) · cited 55×Lee v. Cline384 Md. 245 (2004) · cited 55×Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County370 Md. 447 (2002) · cited 55×Beyer v. Morgan State University369 Md. 335 (2002) · cited 55×Sugarloaf Citizens' Ass'n v. Department of Environment344 Md. 271 (1996) · cited 55×McCullough v. Wittner314 Md. 602 (1989) · cited 55×Inlet Associates v. Assateague House Condominium Ass'n313 Md. 413 (1988) · cited 55×Pierce v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.296 Md. 656 (1983) · cited 55×Scott v. State238 Md. 265 (1965) · cited 55×Strickler Engineering Corp. v. Seminar, Inc.210 Md. 93 (1956) · cited 55×Cassel v. Mayor of Baltimore195 Md. 348 (1950) · cited 55×Rossberg v. State111 Md. 394 (1909) · cited 55×Frey v. Comptroller of the Treasury422 Md. 111 (2011) · cited 54×Wilson v. John Crane, Inc.385 Md. 185 (2005) · cited 54×Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong326 Md. 107 (1992) · cited 54×Slate v. Zitomer275 Md. 534 (1975) · cited 54×Smith v. Gray Concrete Pipe Co.267 Md. 149 (1973) · cited 54×Mayor of Baltimore v. Borinsky239 Md. 611 (1965) · cited 54×Royal v. State236 Md. 443 (1964) · cited 54×Lee v. State161 Md. 430 (1931) · cited 54×Blades v. Woods338 Md. 475 (1995) · cited 53×Townes v. State314 Md. 71 (1988) · cited 53×O'HARA v. Kovens305 Md. 280 (1986) · cited 53×Biro v. Schombert285 Md. 290 (1979) · cited 53×Fenwick Motor Co. v. Fenwick258 Md. 134 (1970) · cited 53×Poe v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore241 Md. 303 (1966) · cited 53×Lopez v. Lopez206 Md. 509 (1955) · cited 53×Dickey v. Dickey154 Md. 675 (1928) · cited 53×Walther v. Sovereign Bank386 Md. 412 (2005) · cited 52×Birchead v. State317 Md. 691 (1989) · cited 52×Hardy v. State301 Md. 124 (1984) · cited 52×Brodak v. Brodak294 Md. 10 (1982) · cited 52×Huff v. Board of Zoning Appeals214 Md. 48 (1957) · cited 52×Fletcher v. Flournoy198 Md. 53 (1951) · cited 52×Morris v. Osmose Wood Preserving340 Md. 519 (1995) · cited 51×Montgomery County v. Stevens337 Md. 471 (1995) · cited 51×Medical Waste Associates, Inc. v. Maryland Waste Coalition, Inc.327 Md. 596 (1992) · cited 51×Bruce v. State318 Md. 706 (1990) · cited 51×Hagans v. State316 Md. 429 (1989) · cited 51×Liscombe v. Potomac Edison Co.303 Md. 619 (1985) · cited 51×State v. Priet289 Md. 267 (1981) · cited 51×Bankers & Shippers Insurance v. Electro Enterprises Inc.287 Md. 641 (1980) · cited 51×Board of County Commissioners v. Stephans286 Md. 384 (1980) · cited 51×Washington Homes, Inc. v. Interstate Land Development Co.281 Md. 712 (1978) · cited 51×Harig v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.284 Md. 70 (1978) · cited 51×Public Service Commission v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.273 Md. 357 (1974) · cited 51×Veney v. State251 Md. 159 (1968) · cited 51×Kardy v. SHOOK, J.237 Md. 524 (1965) · cited 51×Keitz v. National Paving & Contracting Co.214 Md. 479 (1957) · cited 51×Frush v. Brooks204 Md. 315 (1954) · cited 51×Bachrach v. Washington United Cooperative, Inc.181 Md. 315 (1943) · cited 51×Simmons v. State165 Md. 155 (1933) · cited 51×Heath v. State198 Md. 455 (2001) · cited 50×Harford Mutual Insurance v. Woodfin Equities Corp.344 Md. 399 (1997) · cited 50×County Council v. Zimmer Development Co.444 Md. 490 (2015) · cited 49×Maryland Overpak Corporation v. Mayor of Baltimore395 Md. 16 (2006) · cited 49×Ross v. State Board of Elections387 Md. 649 (2005) · cited 49×A.J. Decoster Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.333 Md. 245 (1994) · cited 49×Tandra S. v. Tyrone W.336 Md. 303 (1994) · cited 49×Ford v. State330 Md. 682 (1993) · cited 49×Sugarloaf Citizens Ass'n v. Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority323 Md. 641 (1991) · cited 49×In Re Petition for Writ of Prohibition312 Md. 280 (1988) · cited 49×Walker v. State12 Md. App. 684 (1971) · cited 49×Travelers Indemnity Company v. Nationwide Construction Corporation244 Md. 401 (1966) · cited 49×Aravanis v. Eisenberg237 Md. 242 (1965) · cited 49×Bean v. State234 Md. 432 (1964) · cited 49×Harper v. Higgs225 Md. 24 (1961) · cited 49×Anderson v. Council of Unit Owners of Gables on Tuckerman Condominium404 Md. 560 (2008) · cited 48×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Ward394 Md. 1 (2006) · cited 48×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Powell369 Md. 462 (2002) · cited 48×Cicala v. Disability Review Board288 Md. 254 (1980) · cited 48×Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. Frank272 Md. 528 (1974) · cited 48×Lohss and Sprenkle v. State272 Md. 113 (1974) · cited 48×Schwartz v. Merchants Mortgage Co.272 Md. 305 (1974) · cited 48×Waldman v. Rohrbaugh241 Md. 137 (1966) · cited 48×Dietrich v. Anderson185 Md. 103 (1945) · cited 48×Rush v. State403 Md. 68 (2008) · cited 47×Towson University v. Conte384 Md. 68 (2004) · cited 47×Todd v. Mass Transit Administration373 Md. 149 (2003) · cited 47×Williams v. State372 Md. 386 (2002) · cited 47×Fisher and Utley v. State367 Md. 218 (2001) · cited 47×Fister v. Allstate Life Insurance Co.366 Md. 201 (2001) · cited 47×Post v. Bregman349 Md. 142 (1998) · cited 47×Goodwich v. Nolan343 Md. 130 (1996) · cited 47×United States Gypsum Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore336 Md. 145 (1994) · cited 47×Yarema v. Exxon Corp.305 Md. 219 (1986) · cited 47×Mercy Hospital, Inc. v. Jackson306 Md. 556 (1986) · cited 47×Natural Design, Inc. v. Rouse Co.302 Md. 47 (1984) · cited 47×MacKall v. Zayre Corp.293 Md. 221 (1982) · cited 47×Stewart v. State282 Md. 557 (1978) · cited 47×Hall v. Barlow Corporation255 Md. 28 (1969) · cited 47×Emerson v. Emerson120 Md. 584 (1913) · cited 47×Mitchell v. State82 Md. 527 (1896) · cited 47×George's Creek Coal & Iron Co. v. County Commissioners59 Md. 255 (1883) · cited 47×Wiley v. Board of County School Commissioners51 Md. 401 (1879) · cited 47×Arrington v. State411 Md. 524 (2009) · cited 46×Haas v. Lockheed Martin Corp.396 Md. 469 (2007) · cited 46×