Legal Opinion
Metromedia, Inc. v. Hillman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 8, 1979No. [Misc. No. 5, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This case comes to us by certification from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Under Maryland Code (1974) § 12-601, Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, jurisdiction is granted to this Court to “answer questions of law certified to it by... a United States District Court... if there is involved in any proceeding before the certifying court a question of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the Court of Appeals of this…
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