WESTMINSTER MANAGEMENT v. SMITH

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Michael E. Blumenfeld ( Timothy M. Hurley of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Tonya Kelly Cronin and Christopher C. Dahl of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Argued by Andrew D. Freeman ( Anisha S. Queen and James O. Strawbridge of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Jane Santoni and Matthew T. Vocci and Chelsea Ortega of Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC, Lutherville-Timonium, MD; and C. Matthew Hill of Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Amici Curiae National Apartment Association, Maryland Multi-Housing Association, Inc., and Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington: Avery Barton Strachan, Esquire, Kerri L. Smith, Esquire, Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, 400 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Amici Curie Maryland Legal Aid, the Pro Bono Resource Center, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Civil Justice, Inc., Economic Action Maryland, the Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc., and Daniel L. Rosenberg: Lee H. Ogburn, Esquire, Somil Trivedi, Esquire, Maryland Legal Aid, 500 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Daniel Rosenberg, Esquire, 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Argued before: Fader, C.J., Watts, Hotten, Booth, Gould, Eaves, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. (Senior Justice, Specially Assigned), JJ.