Legal Opinion

Prince George's Cnty. v. Palmer Rd. Landfill

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided August 27, 2020No. 2584/18Published

1Opinion of the Court

County Council of Prince George’s County v. Palmer Road Landfill, Inc. No. 2584, Sept. Term, 2018 Opinion by Leahy, J. Statutory Time Prescriptions > Waiver Where a deadline is fixed in a statute as a condition precedent to a cause of action, or is jurisdictional, it cannot be waived. See Bowles v. Russell,

551 U.S. 205, 213

(2007) (explaining that, after failing to file an appeal within the time set by statute, the petitioner could not “rely on forfeiture or waiver to excuse his lack of compliance with the statute’s time limitations”). Non-jurisdictional time prescriptions, by contrast, may be…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Bowles v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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