Covered Bridge Farms II, LLC v. State

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellants, Covered Bridge Farms II, LLC, Covered Bridge Farms III, LLC, Covered Bridge Farms IV, LLC (collectively “CBF entities”), and Robert Wayne and Melissa Newsome (collectively the “Newsomes”) appeal a judgment of the Circuit Court for Howard County granting summary *537judgment and declaratory relief to appellees, the State of Maryland and the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (“MALPF” or the “Foundation”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the circuit court’s rulings.

FACTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Charles G. and Elizabeth S. Grey owned farmland in…