Malamis v. Stein

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

This appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court for Allegany County requires us to determine whether a trial judge must award attorney fees and other litigation expenses to the prevailing party in an action brought pursuant to the Maryland “Sunshine Law”, Maryland State Government Code Ann. § 10-501 et seq. Because we find that, by its terms, Maryland State Government Code Ann. § 10-510(e)(5)(i)1 makes such awards discretionary with the trial judge and, that in this case, the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to make the award sought, we will affirm.