Price v. Murdy

Argued Before Barbera, C.J., Greene, * Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

Barbera, C.J.

**146 We are presented with a question of law certified by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, §§ 12 -601 to 12-613 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJP"), Maryland Code (1973, 2013 Repl. Vol.). The question posed is whether a Maryland statute-here, the *799 licensing requirement of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law, § 12-302 of the Commercial Law Article ("CL"), Maryland Code (1975, 2013 Repl.…