Hanover Investments, Inc. v. Volkman

Hanover Investments, Inc. et al. v. Susan J. Volkman No. 9, September Term 2016 Declaratory Judgments Act – Effect of Pending Litigation. Under the Maryland Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, a court may entertain a declaratory judgment action even if there are other causes of action that could be asserted by one of the parties to resolve the same issues presented in the declaratory judgment action. However, if there is already pending another action between the same parties concerning substantially the same issues as the declaratory judgment action, the court should dismiss the declaratory…