Legal Opinion

Lang v. Catterton

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 7, 1972No. [No. 68, September Term, 1972.]PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

In Smiley v. Atkinson, 265 Md. 129, 287 A. 2d 770 (1972), we adopted the opinion of Judge Powers of the Court of Special Appeals in that same case, 12 Md. App. 543, 280 A. 2d 277 (1971), in which it was held that the filing of an appeal from a nonappealable interlocutory-order did not divest the trial court of jurisdiction. We shall here refine and interpret that holding in the process of dismissing this appeal.

This case boils down to a dispute between two individuals and their labor union. Appellants, George E. Lang, Jr., (Lang) and Forrest A. Sours (Sours), claim they were hired as…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. United States of America, for the Use of R. F. Hudson v. Peerless Insurance Company, United States of America, for the Use of R. M. Bartenstein, John H. Bartenstein, and Michael H. Kelly, T/a R. M. Bartenstein & Associates v. Peerless Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  3. Vale v. BonnettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  4. District 65, Distributive, Processing and Office Workers Union of New York and New Jersey, Formerly Local 65 v. McKagueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
  5. Bullock v. Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Eastgate Associates v. ApperCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
  2. Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Comm'n v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  3. Pappas v. PappasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  4. Blocher v. HarlowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
  5. Dent v. SimmonsCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1985

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