CITY OF BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. CARMEL REALTY ASSOCIATES

No. 14, September Term, 2006.

910 A.2d 406 (2006)

395 Md. 299

CITY OF BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. CARMEL REALTY ASSOCIATES, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua N. Auerbach, Asst. Solicitor (Ralph S. Tyler, City Solicitor, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

John C. Murphy, Baltimore, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

Alice Neff Lucan, Washington, brief of The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Assoc., for respondents, amici curiae.

James L. Thompson, Miller, Miller & Canby, Chartered, Rockville, William R. Maurer, Institute for Justice, Seattle, WA, brief of Institute for Justice, for respondents, amicus curiae.

Suzanne Sangree, Roscoe Jones, Jr., Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, for Public Justice Center, amici curiae.

Deborah A. Jeon, David R. Rocah, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Foundation, Baltimore, for ACLU of Maryland, amici curiae.

Jonathan P. Guy, Kathleen A. Orr, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Washington, DC, for ACLU of Maryland, amici curiae.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


CATHELL, J.

This appeal arises from an action filed by Carmel Realty Associates, respondent,1 alleging that the City of Baltimore Development Corporation (the "BDC"), petitioner, is subject to the requirements of both the Open Meetings Act2 and Maryland's Public Information Act.3 At the trial level, both parties moved for summary judgment. After hearing arguments on March 14, 2005...

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