JUST PUPPIES, INC. v. FROSH

Civil Action No. ELH-19-2439.

JUST PUPPIES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRIAN E. FROSH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

February 19, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Constitutionality of State Statutes
Nature of Suit: 950 Constitutional - State Statute
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Just Puppies, Inc., doing business as Just Puppies Towson, Just Puppies of Maryland Inc., doing business as Just Puppies Rockville, Charm City Puppies, LLC, doing business as Charm City Puppies& Boutique, Today's Pet, Inc., doing business as Today's Pet, Jodie Hancock, doing business as Mile Kennel & Sobrad, LLC, doing business as Pinnacle Pet, Plaintiffs, represented by Jonathan P. Kagan , Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard, LLC, Meagan Cooper Borgerson , Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard, LLC & Stephen B. Stern , Kagan Stern Marinello & Beard, LLC.

Brian E. Frosh, Maryland Attorney General, Division of Consumer Protection Office of the Attorney General, Maryland State Senate Finance Committee, General Assembly of Maryland & Maryland House Economic Matters Committee, General Assembly of Maryland, Defendants, represented by Ryan Robert Dietrich , Office of the Attorney General of Maryland.

The Humane Society of the United States, Amicus, represented by Marie Claire Langlois , The Humane Society of the United States & Rebecca Ann Cary , The Humane Society of the Unites States, pro hac vice.

Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council & Citizens for Responsible Pet Ownership, Amicuss, represented by Robert G. Schaffer , Holden Willits PLC, pro hac vice & Steven F. Wrobel , Law Office of Steven Wrobel, LLC.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This case concerns a challenge to the State of Maryland's "No More Puppy-Mill Pups Act" (the "Act" or "Puppy-Mill Act"), Md. Code (2015 Repl. Vol, 2019 Supp.), § 19-701 et seq., of the Business Regulation Article ("Bus. Reg."). Under the Act, which went into effect...

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