Legal Opinion
Bethesda African Cemetery Coal. v. Housing Opp. Comm.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 30, 2024No. 18/23Published
1Opinion of the Court
Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, et al. v. Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, No. 18, September Term, 2023. Opinion by Biran, J. COMMON LAW – BURIAL GROUNDS – THE COMMON LAW OF BURIAL PLACES – The Supreme Court of Maryland recognized the common law of burial places in Maryland. This body of law developed in the United States in the courts of equity after the rejection of the ecclesiastical law of England, and it attaches when human remains are interred in land. The Court noted that the various principles of the common law of burial places can provide the appropriate…
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