Arthur E. Selnick Associates, Inc. v. Howard County Maryland

On July 17, 2008, appellant, Arthur E. Selnick Associates, Inc. (“Selnick”), filed a Complaint seeking declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief against Howard County, Maryland in the Circuit Court for Howard County. After a lengthy procedural history, including removal to and remand from federal court and the joinder of numerous defendants, the circuit court ruled that the passage of time had converted a temporary easement into a perpetual easement pursuant to the thirty-year limit on possibilities of reverter under Md.Code (2010), § 6-101 of the Real Property Article (“R.P.”).1…