Perkins v. Eskridge

Antonio’s comment that “What’s past is prologue,” 1 certainly could be appropriately applied to the more than 170-year history of the statutory and constitutional aspects of a litigant’s right to elect that his case be removed from one Maryland court to another. And within the past year, more so than during most other periods, there indeed has been much ado about that right as utilized by some parties in civil law actions. On September 18, 1975, this Court held that those portions of Article IV, section 8 of the Maryland Constitution applicable to the automatic removal of civil actions were…