Ami Operating Partners Ltd. Partnership v. Jad Enterprises, Inc.

WILNER, Judge.

The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County declared that appellee (Fairmount) was entitled to a mechanics’ lien in the amount of $50,664.75 on certain property comprising the Holiday Inn at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The related business entities that own, lease, and manage that hotel, to whom we shall collectively refer as AMI, appeal that decision, complaining that:

I. The Maryland mechanics’ lien law is unconstitutional because it(1) deprives owners of their property without due process of law; and(2) allows the State to engage in a “taking” of private property…