McNACK v. STATE

No. 98, Sept. Term, 2006.

920 A.2d 1097 (2007)

398 Md. 378

Alice McNACK, et al. v. STATE of Maryland, et. al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. King (Kathleen Behan, Robert Jones Worrall, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Steven D. Annand, Janell M. Byrd, Cochran Firm, on brief), Washington, DC, for appellants.

David E. Ralph, Chief of Litigation (William R. Phelan, Jr., Principal Counsel, Steven Potter, Asst. Solicitor, Baltimore City Dept. of Law, Karen Stakem Hornig, Chief Legal Counsel, Baltimore Police Dept., on brief), Phillip M. Pickus, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Argued before RAKER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially assigned) and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially assigned), JJ.


CATHELL, J.

This case arises from the deaths of seven members of the Dawson family in a fire-bombing of their Baltimore City home. Relatives of the Dawson family, appellants, filed suit against the State of Maryland (the "State") and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the "City"), collectively appellees.1 Appellants allege that the City had actively sought cooperation from members of the public in combating the illicit drug trade...

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