EXXON MOBIL CORP. v. FORD

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ava E. Lias-Booker (McGuire Woods LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Charles P. Scheeler ( John E. Griffith, Jr. and Jeffrey D. Herschman of DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; James F. Sanders and Thomas H. Dundon of Neal & Harwell, PLC, Nashville, TN), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Stephen L. Snyder ( Michael B. Snyder of Snyder & Snyder, Baltimore, MD; Robert J. Weltchek and Kristopher A. Mallahan of Weltchek, Mallahan & Weltchek, LLC, Lutherville, MD), on brief, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

David Super,   Steven Leifer, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, DC, Samara L. Kline, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Robin S. Conrad,   Rachel Brand, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, on brief, for amici curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, William F. Brockman, Deputy Sol. Gen., Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD, on brief, for amicus curiae Attorney General of Maryland.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, BARBERA, McDONALD, and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.