Legal Opinion
Hansford v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 14, 1993No. 150, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
The principal issues in this case concern the authority of a Maryland court to exercise jurisdiction in a tort suit against the District of Columbia, where the District's allegedly tortious conduct occurred on a federal enclave within the State of Maryland, over which enclave the State had ceded “exclusive jurisdiction” to the United States.
In June 1987 Carl Sewanti Richardson escaped from the juvenile detention facility known as Oak Hill Youth Center, located near Laurel, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The facility is operated by the District of Columbia. During the time…
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