"The circuit court here recognized correctly that allowing an applicant to sue personally the members of a local character committee for acts performed as part of that role would be participating in the undermining of the Supreme Court's exclusive jurisdiction. It did not err by refusing to do so," wrote specially-assigned senior Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr.
March 31, 2023 at 02:43 PM
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In a matter of first impression, the Appellate Court of Maryland said bar applicants seeking legal action against local character committee members lacked a jurisdictional basis to proceed in circuit court.
The appeals court said a committee’s examination of character is governed, in part, by Rule 19-204(a), and is exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Maryland Supreme Court to address.
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