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Leading Maryland appellate opinions on employment law, ranked by how often later courts cite them. Showing the top 250.
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Most-cited employment law cases
Bulluck v. Pelham Wood Apartments283 Md. 505 (1978) · cited 201×Oaks v. Connors339 Md. 24 (1995) · cited 165×Heaps v. Cobb185 Md. 372 (1945) · cited 136×Tracey v. Tracey328 Md. 380 (1992) · cited 107×Baltimore Lutheran High School Ass'n v. Employment Security Administration302 Md. 649 (1985) · cited 106×Adler v. American Standard Corp.291 Md. 31 (1981) · cited 98×Mazor v. State, Dep't of Correction279 Md. 355 (1977) · cited 87×Government Employees Insurance v. Insurance Commissioner332 Md. 124 (1993) · cited 86×Giles v. State229 Md. 370 (1962) · cited 77×Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Comm'n v. Crawford307 Md. 1 (1986) · cited 76×Lovelace v. Anderson366 Md. 690 (2001) · cited 74×Grandison v. State341 Md. 175 (1995) · cited 73×Davidson v. Miller276 Md. 54 (1975) · cited 73×Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. v. Department of Employment & Training309 Md. 28 (1987) · cited 70×DiGrazia v. COUNTY EXEC. FOR MONT. CTY.288 Md. 437 (1980) · cited 69×Janda v. General Motors Corp.237 Md. 161 (1964) · cited 67×Vincent v. Palmer179 Md. 365 (1941) · cited 66×Frank v. Baltimore County284 Md. 655 (1979) · cited 65×State Department of Health v. Walker238 Md. 512 (1965) · cited 64×Evans v. State304 Md. 487 (1985) · cited 63×Truck Insurance Exchange v. Marks Rentals, Inc.288 Md. 428 (1980) · cited 62×Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. v. Fitzpatrick366 Md. 295 (2001) · cited 61×Murray International Freight Corp. v. Graham315 Md. 543 (1989) · cited 61×Ad + Soil, Inc. v. County Commissioners307 Md. 307 (1986) · cited 61×St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Pryseski292 Md. 187 (1981) · cited 61×Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Barrack210 Md. 168 (1956) · cited 61×Victory Sparkler & Specialty Co. v. Francks147 Md. 368 (1925) · cited 61×Fraternal Order of Police, Montgomery County Lodge No. 35 v. Mehrling343 Md. 155 (1996) · cited 58×State Commission on Human Relations v. Amecom Division of Litton Systems, Inc.278 Md. 120 (1976) · cited 58×General Motors Corp. v. Seay388 Md. 341 (2005) · cited 57×Gigeous v. Eastern Correctional Institution363 Md. 481 (2001) · cited 57×Colvin v. State299 Md. 88 (1984) · cited 56×Evans v. State396 Md. 256 (2006) · cited 55×Lee v. Cline384 Md. 245 (2004) · cited 55×Insurance Commissioner v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States339 Md. 596 (1995) · cited 55×Harrison v. Central Construction Co.135 Md. 170 (1919) · cited 54×Maryland Transportation Authority v. King369 Md. 274 (2002) · cited 53×Slacum v. Jolley153 Md. 343 (1927) · cited 53×Blondell v. Baltimore City Police Department341 Md. 680 (1996) · cited 51×Watson v. Grimm200 Md. 461 (1952) · cited 50×Cicala v. Disability Review Board288 Md. 254 (1980) · cited 48×Towson University v. Conte384 Md. 68 (2004) · cited 47×MacKall v. Zayre Corp.293 Md. 221 (1982) · cited 47×Haas v. Lockheed Martin Corp.396 Md. 469 (2007) · cited 46×Drug Fair of Maryland, Inc. v. Smith263 Md. 341 (1971) · cited 46×Maryland Paper Products Co. v. Judson215 Md. 577 (1958) · cited 46×McDermott v. Dougherty385 Md. 320 (2005) · cited 45×Gilchrist v. State340 Md. 606 (1995) · cited 45×Whittlesey v. State340 Md. 30 (1995) · cited 45×Ritchie v. Donnelly324 Md. 344 (1991) · cited 45×Mayor of Baltimore v. Sitnick254 Md. 303 (1969) · cited 45×Friolo v. Frankel373 Md. 501 (2003) · cited 44×Maryland Division of Labor & Industry v. Triangle General Contractors, Inc.366 Md. 407 (2001) · cited 44×Maryland Commission on Human Relations v. Mass Transit Administration294 Md. 225 (1982) · cited 44×Baltimore Building & Construction Trades Council v. Barnes290 Md. 9 (1981) · cited 44×Schemmel v. T. B. Gatch & Sons Contracting & Building Co.164 Md. 671 (1933) · cited 44×Montgomery Citizens League v. Greenhalgh253 Md. 151 (1969) · cited 43×Hrehorovich v. Harbor Hospital Center, Inc.93 Md. App. 772 (1992) · cited 42×Stanley v. State313 Md. 50 (1988) · cited 42×Management Personnel Services, Inc. v. Sandefur300 Md. 332 (1984) · cited 42×Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Phillips413 Md. 606 (2010) · cited 41×Conaway v. Deane401 Md. 219 (2007) · cited 41×Cox v. Prince George's County296 Md. 162 (1983) · cited 41×State v. Lassotovitch162 Md. 147 (1932) · cited 41×Southern Management Corp. v. Taha378 Md. 461 (2003) · cited 40×Montgomery County v. Broadcast Equities, Inc.360 Md. 438 (2000) · cited 40×Hatt v. Anderson297 Md. 42 (1983) · cited 40×Smack v. Department of Health & Mental Hygiene378 Md. 298 (2003) · cited 39×Coleman v. Anne Arundel County Police Department369 Md. 108 (2002) · cited 39×Admiral Mortgage, Inc. v. Cooper357 Md. 533 (2000) · cited 39×McCrory Corp. v. Fowler319 Md. 12 (1990) · cited 39×State v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.315 Md. 254 (1989) · cited 39×National Asphalt Pavement Ass'n v. Prince George's County292 Md. 75 (1981) · cited 39×Pariser Bakery & State Accident Fund v. Koontz239 Md. 586 (1965) · cited 39×Molesworth v. Brandon341 Md. 621 (1996) · cited 38×BOARD OF ED. OF BALTIMORE CTY. v. Zimmer-Rubert409 Md. 200 (2009) · cited 37×Anne Arundel County Board of Education v. Norville390 Md. 93 (2005) · cited 37×Board of Educ., Mont. Co. v. Paynter303 Md. 22 (1985) · cited 37×Md. Comm'n on Human Rel. v. BG & E. CO.296 Md. 46 (1983) · cited 37×Dahl v. Brunswick Corp.277 Md. 471 (1976) · cited 37×Fearnow v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.342 Md. 363 (1996) · cited 36×Banks v. Montgomery Ward & Co.212 Md. 31 (1974) · cited 36×Harris v. Board of Education375 Md. 21 (2003) · cited 35×Kent County Board of Education v. Bilbrough309 Md. 487 (1987) · cited 35×Maryland Commission on Human Relations v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.295 Md. 586 (1983) · cited 35×Edgewood Nursing Home v. Maxwell282 Md. 422 (1978) · cited 35×East Coast Freight Lines, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore190 Md. 256 (1948) · cited 35×Brown v. Bendix Radio Division of Bendix Aviation Corp.187 Md. 613 (1947) · cited 35×Henkelmann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance180 Md. 591 (1942) · cited 35×Montgomery County v. Deibler423 Md. 54 (2011) · cited 34×Arroyo v. Board of Education381 Md. 646 (2004) · cited 34×Caldor, Inc. v. Bowden330 Md. 632 (1993) · cited 34×Grier v. Rosenberg213 Md. 248 (1957) · cited 34×Newell v. Runnels407 Md. 578 (2009) · cited 33×Prince George's County v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.358 Md. 166 (2000) · cited 33×Bagwell v. Peninsula Regional Medical Center106 Md. App. 470 (1995) · cited 33×Celanese Corp. of America v. Davis186 Md. 463 (1946) · cited 33×D.L. v. Sheppard Pratt Health Sys.465 Md. 339 (2019) · cited 32×Cheek v. United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.378 Md. 139 (2003) · cited 32×Talbot County v. Skipper329 Md. 481 (1993) · cited 32×Tyler v. State330 Md. 261 (1993) · cited 32×Suburban Hospital, Inc. v. Dwiggins324 Md. 294 (1991) · cited 32×Whitehead v. Safway Steel Products, Inc.304 Md. 67 (1985) · cited 32×Demory Bros. v. Board of Public Works273 Md. 320 (1974) · cited 32×Williams Construction Co. v. Bohlen189 Md. 576 (1948) · cited 32×Perdue v. Brittingham186 Md. 393 (1946) · cited 32×Western Maryland Dairy, Inc. v. Chenowith180 Md. 236 (1942) · cited 32×Montrose Christian School Corp. v. Walsh363 Md. 565 (2001) · cited 31×Ewing v. Koppers Co.312 Md. 45 (1988) · cited 31×Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Resources v. Wilson286 Md. 639 (1979) · cited 31×Board of Trustees v. Sherman280 Md. 373 (1977) · cited 31×Dawson v. State11 Md. App. 694 (1971) · cited 31×Brawner v. Hooper151 Md. 579 (1926) · cited 31×Washington Fire Insurance v. Kelly32 Md. 421 (1870) · cited 31×Friolo v. Frankel403 Md. 443 (2008) · cited 30×Tyma v. Montgomery County369 Md. 497 (2002) · cited 30×Professional Staff Nurses Ass'n v. Dimensions Health Corp.346 Md. 132 (1997) · cited 30×ACandS, Inc. v. Godwin340 Md. 334 (1995) · cited 30×Wood v. Abell268 Md. 214 (1973) · cited 30×Ricker v. Abrams263 Md. 509 (1971) · cited 30×Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board v. Albrecht183 Md. 87 (1944) · cited 30×American Casualty Insurance Company's Case82 Md. 535 (1896) · cited 30×Bowden v. Caldor, Inc.350 Md. 4 (1998) · cited 29×Wiley Manufacturing Co. v. Wilson280 Md. 200 (1977) · cited 29×Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc. v. Franklin Square Hospital277 Md. 93 (1976) · cited 29×Wiggins v. State275 Md. 689 (1975) · cited 29×Globe Indemnity Co. v. Victill Corp.208 Md. 573 (1969) · cited 29×Tavel v. Bechtel Corporation242 Md. 299 (1966) · cited 29×State Roads Commission v. Bare220 Md. 91 (1959) · cited 29×Mugford v. Mayor of Baltimore185 Md. 266 (1945) · cited 29×Harris v. Mayor of Baltimore151 Md. 11 (1926) · cited 29×Espina v. Jackson442 Md. 311 (2015) · cited 28×Frankel v. Board of Regents361 Md. 298 (2000) · cited 28×Holiday Spas v. Montgomery County Human Relations Commission315 Md. 390 (1989) · cited 28×State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.301 Md. 9 (1984) · cited 28×State, Use of Shipley v. Walker230 Md. 133 (1962) · cited 28×Brager v. Levy122 Md. 554 (1914) · cited 28×Houghton v. Forrest412 Md. 578 (2010) · cited 27×Rogers v. Radio Shack271 Md. 126 (1974) · cited 27×Maryland State Board of Barber Examiners v. Kuhn270 Md. 496 (1973) · cited 27×Rogers v. Frush257 Md. 233 (1970) · cited 27×Sica v. Retail Credit Co.245 Md. 606 (1967) · cited 27×County Council v. Gendleman227 Md. 491 (1962) · cited 27×United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Continental Baking Co.172 Md. 24 (1937) · cited 27×Reisinger-Siehler Co. v. Perry165 Md. 191 (1933) · cited 27×Standard Gas Equipment Corp. v. Baldwin152 Md. 321 (1927) · cited 27×Stancliff v. H. B. Davis Co.208 Md. 191 (2001) · cited 26×Giant Food, Inc. v. Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation356 Md. 180 (1999) · cited 26×INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE v. Engelman345 Md. 402 (1997) · cited 26×Coalition for Open Doors v. Annapolis Lodge No. 622333 Md. 359 (1994) · cited 26×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Montgomery318 Md. 154 (1989) · cited 26×Weisman v. Connors312 Md. 428 (1988) · cited 26×De Bleecker v. Montgomery County292 Md. 498 (1982) · cited 26×Giant Food, Inc. v. Gooch245 Md. 160 (1967) · cited 26×Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Strube111 Md. 119 (1909) · cited 26×Forster v. State426 Md. 565 (2012) · cited 25×Para v. Richards Group of Washington Ltd. Partnership339 Md. 241 (1995) · cited 25×Ward v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services339 Md. 343 (1995) · cited 25×Watson v. Peoples Security Life Insurance322 Md. 467 (1991) · cited 25×Victor v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.318 Md. 624 (1990) · cited 25×Knoche v. Cox282 Md. 447 (1978) · cited 25×Banach v. State Commission on Human Relations277 Md. 502 (1976) · cited 25×Total Audio-Visual Systems, Inc. v. Department of Labor360 Md. 387 (2000) · cited 24×Ennis v. Crenca322 Md. 285 (1991) · cited 24×Chappell v. Southern Maryland Hospital, Inc.320 Md. 483 (1990) · cited 24×Department of Correction v. Harris232 Md. 180 (1963) · cited 24×Rumple v. Henry H. Meyer Co., Inc.208 Md. 350 (1955) · cited 24×Clauss v. Board of Education181 Md. 513 (1943) · cited 24×Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Noppenberger171 Md. 378 (1937) · cited 24×Shriver v. Carlin & Fulton Co.155 Md. 51 (1928) · cited 24×Myers v. Shipley140 Md. 380 (1922) · cited 24×Taylor v. Mayor of Baltimore130 Md. 133 (1917) · cited 24×Wal Mart Stores, Inc. v. Holmes416 Md. 346 (2010) · cited 23×Public Service Commission v. Wilson389 Md. 27 (2005) · cited 23×Fearnow v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.104 Md. App. 1 (1995) · cited 23×Maryland Metals, Inc. v. Metzner282 Md. 31 (1978) · cited 23×Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. v. Daniels199 Md. 156 (1975) · cited 23×Peurifoy v. Congressional Motors, Inc.254 Md. 501 (1969) · cited 23×Blake Construction Co. v. Wells245 Md. 282 (1967) · cited 23×Barnes v. State, Ex Rel. Pinkney236 Md. 564 (1964) · cited 23×Scherr v. Miller229 Md. 538 (1962) · cited 23×State Tax Commission v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.193 Md. 222 (1949) · cited 23×Ruark v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 37157 Md. 576 (1929) · cited 23×Lockett v. Blue Ocean Bristol, LLC446 Md. 397 (2016) · cited 22×Metro Maintenance Systems South, Inc. v. Milburn442 Md. 289 (2015) · cited 22×W.M. Schlosser Co. v. Uninsured Employer's Fund414 Md. 195 (2010) · cited 22×Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corp. v. Yanni397 Md. 474 (2007) · cited 22×Porterfield v. Mascari II, Inc.374 Md. 402 (2003) · cited 22×Turner v. Turner147 Md. App. 350 (2002) · cited 22×Medex v. McCabe372 Md. 28 (2002) · cited 22×Baltimore Harbor Charters, Ltd. v. Ayd365 Md. 366 (2001) · cited 22×Kentucky Fried Chicken National Management Co. v. Weathersby326 Md. 663 (1992) · cited 22×Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.311 Md. 278 (1987) · cited 22×Equitable Trust Co. v. State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations287 Md. 80 (1980) · cited 22×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Stewart285 Md. 251 (1979) · cited 22×Saylor v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.258 Md. 605 (1970) · cited 22×Proctor-Silex Corp. v. DeBrick253 Md. 477 (1969) · cited 22×Sun Cab Co. v. Powell196 Md. 572 (1951) · cited 22×Jones v. Gordy169 Md. 173 (1935) · cited 22×F. B. Beasman & Co. v. Butler133 Md. 382 (1918) · cited 22×Northern Central Railway Co. v. State ex rel. Price29 Md. 420 (1868) · cited 22×Bennett v. Harford County485 Md. 461 (2023) · cited 21×LeJeune v. Coin Acceptors, Inc.381 Md. 288 (2004) · cited 21×State Commission on Human Relations v. Talbot County Detention Center370 Md. 115 (2002) · cited 21×Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services v. Cole342 Md. 12 (1996) · cited 21×Chew v. State317 Md. 233 (1989) · cited 21×Harford County Education Ass'n v. Board of Education281 Md. 574 (1977) · cited 21×Operations Research, Inc. v. Davidson & Talbird, Inc.241 Md. 550 (1966) · cited 21×Scott v. James Gibbons Co.192 Md. 319 (1949) · cited 21×Saunders v. Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board188 Md. 677 (1947) · cited 21×Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Ex Rel. Schriefer184 Md. 250 (1945) · cited 21×Brown v. State177 Md. 321 (1939) · cited 21×Kramer v. Globe Brewing Co.175 Md. 461 (1938) · cited 21×J. Norman Geipe, Inc. v. Collett172 Md. 165 (1937) · cited 21×State Roads Commission v. Reynolds164 Md. 539 (1933) · cited 21×Hercules Powder Co. v. Harry T. Campbell Sons Co.156 Md. 346 (1929) · cited 21×Todd v. Easton Furniture Co.147 Md. 352 (1925) · cited 21×International Co. v. Clark147 Md. 34 (1925) · cited 21×The Jewel Tea Co. v. Weber132 Md. 178 (1918) · cited 21×Willner v. Silverman109 Md. 341 (1909) · cited 21×Barclay v. Briscoe427 Md. 270 (2012) · cited 20×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Floyd400 Md. 236 (2007) · cited 20×Livering v. Richardson's Restaurant374 Md. 566 (2003) · cited 20×Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. State Tax Commission214 Md. 550 (2001) · cited 20×Crews v. Hollenbach358 Md. 627 (2000) · cited 20×Manikhi v. Mass Transit Administration360 Md. 333 (2000) · cited 20×McCulloch v. Glendening347 Md. 272 (1997) · cited 20×Shapiro v. Massengill105 Md. App. 743 (1995) · cited 20×Warner v. German100 Md. App. 512 (1994) · cited 20×Mejia v. State328 Md. 522 (1992) · cited 20×Automobile Trade Ass'n v. Harold Folk Enterprises, Inc.301 Md. 642 (1984) · cited 20×Blum v. Blum295 Md. 135 (1983) · cited 20×Hoyt v. Police Commissioner279 Md. 74 (1977) · cited 20×Hopkins v. State19 Md. App. 414 (1973) · cited 20×Bernstein v. Board of Education245 Md. 464 (1967) · cited 20×Cabell Concrete Block Co. v. Yarborough192 Md. 360 (1949) · cited 20×State v. Wheatley192 Md. 44 (1949) · cited 20×Tucker v. American Smelting & Refining Co.189 Md. 250 (1947) · cited 20×Tolman Laundry, Inc. v. Walker171 Md. 7 (1936) · cited 20×Kaliopulus v. Lumm155 Md. 30 (1928) · cited 20×Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. v. Magill414 Md. 457 (2010) · cited 19×Wholey v. Roebuck370 Md. 38 (2002) · cited 19×Edmonds v. State372 Md. 314 (2002) · cited 19×Steele v. Seth211 Md. 323 (2001) · cited 19×Morris v. Board of Education339 Md. 374 (1995) · cited 19×Leese v. Baltimore County64 Md. App. 442 (1985) · cited 19×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Freedman285 Md. 298 (1979) · cited 19×Montgomery County v. Walsh274 Md. 502 (1976) · cited 19×Billmyre v. Sacred Heart Hospital of Sisters of Charity, Inc.273 Md. 638 (1975) · cited 19×Stokes v. Association of Independent Taxi Operators, Inc.248 Md. 690 (1968) · cited 19×