MASTER FINANCIAL, INC. v. CROWDER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard J. Gaeng (Andrew H. Baida and Melody Tagliaferri Cronin of Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg, LLP), Ward B. Coe, III (Hillary A. Hussin of Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, Baltimore), on brief, John M. McIntyre (Thomas L. Allen and Roy W. Arnold of Reed Smith, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA), Gregory L. Lockwood, Pope & Hughes, Towson, Anne Kelly Laynor, Law Offices of Anne Kelly Laynor, Marriotsville, Daniel J. Tobin, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Bethesda, Brian L. Moffet, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Baltimore, J. Steven Lovejoy, Michael E. Rowan, Shumaker Williams, P.C., Towson, Philip M. Andrews, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, Marva Deskins, Goodwin Procter, LLP, Daniel H. Squire, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC, Gerald Danoff, Danoff & King, PA, Towson, Jefferson V. Wright, E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr., Robert S. Brennen, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., John T. Prisbe, Venable, LLP, Gregg L. Bernstein, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Baltimore, Kenneth G. Roberts, WolfBlock, LLP, New York, NY, Dana B. Klinges, Wolf-Block, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph Aronauer, John C. Re, Aronauer, Goldfarb, Re & Yudell, LLP, New York, NY, Jack L.B. Gohn, Gohn, Hankey & Stichel, LLP, Baltimore and Richard D. Holzheimer, Jr., Reed Smith, LLP, Falls Church, VA, on supplemental memorandum, for petitioners/cross-respondents.

E. David Hoskins (The Law Offices of E. David Hoskins, LLC, Baltimore), on brief and on supplemental memorandum, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

Reargued before JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned) and DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.