Gottlieb v. Crouch

By Judge Walter W. Stout, III

On July 12,1996, plaintiffs Roy Allen Gottlieb, Frances Annette Byrd, Roland Haney, Drema Cleveland, Alonzo Smith, and Angela Johnson filed a Bill of Complaint in the Circuit Court of the County of Arlington seeking declaratory judgment as to the validity of their respective marriages. Plaintiffs named Radio One of Maryland, d/b/a “MAJIC 102.3,” and the Reverend Andre Crouch as defendants.

Radio One filed a demurrer, which the court granted, effecting its dismissal from the action. Reverend Crouch failed to file a responsive pleading, and the court found him in…