Gebhardt & Smith LLP v. Maryland Port Administration

This appeal arises from a dispute between Gebhardt & Smith LLP (“Gebhardt & Smith”), appellant, and the Maryland Port Administration (“MPA”), appellee, over a lease (“Lease”) for office space in the Baltimore World Trade Center (“WTC”). The Lease required that the tenant, Ge-bhardt & Smith, pay to the landlord, the MPA, base rent plus a proportional share of the building’s operating expenses. In 2003, a dispute arose regarding the charges for operating expenses. Gebhardt & Smith continued to pay its base rent, but it did not pay the invoices for operating expenses.

Suit was instituted in the…