Maryland Certiorari Grants, December 2025

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Maryland granted review in four cases.

Eritrean Orthodox Tweahdo Diocese of USA and Canada v. Abune – Case No. 49, September Term, 2025 (Circuit Court Appeal)
Issue – Real Property – Did the Circuit Court err when it affirmed the District Court’s judgment dismissing petitioner’s wrongful detainer action under the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine?

State of Maryland v. Marconi Palmer, Jr. – Case No. 50, September Term, 2025 (Reported ACM Opinion by Judge Beachley; Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Judge Zic)
Issues – Transportation – 1) Did ACM err by requiring that the State present “specific evidence” that the defendant was under the influence or impaired by alcohol at the time the defendant was driving, rather than relying on rational inferences from the evidence? 2) Did ACM wrongly conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain Mr. Palmer’s convictions for DUI and DWI where he was found intoxicated at the scene of a single-car accident, and there was circumstantial evidence that he was the driver of the vehicle?

Howard Nathanson, et al. v. Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., et al. – Case No. 51, September Term, 2025 (Reported ACM Opinion by Judge Arthur)
Issue – Corporations & Associations – Did ACM err in its application of the demand futility rule set forth in Werbowsky v. Collumb, 362 Md. 581 (2001)?

In re: K.B. – Case No. 52, September Term, 2025 (Unreported ACM Opinion by Judge Nazarian)
Issue – Family Law – Whether the juvenile court erred in establishing a permanency plan at the initial CINA review hearing that included both reunification and adoption.