NEUSTADTER v. HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL

No. 12, September Term, 2010.

13 A.3d 1227 (2011)

418 Md. 231

Alexander H. NEUSTADTER, et al. v. HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL OF SILVER SPRING, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Mack (University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, Washington, D.C.) (Rene Sandler of Sandler Law LLC, Rockville, MD; Stephen B. Mercer of Stephen B. Mercer, Esq., P.C., Rockville, MD), on brief, for petitioners.

Michelle R. Mitchell ( David A. Levin of Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut & Klein, P.A., Annapolis, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Abba Cohen, Esq. , Jenny Figa, Esq. , Agudath Israel of America, Washington, D.C., Steven A. Loewy, Esq. , Germantown, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Agudath Israel of America in Support of Petitioners.

Kenneth Lasson, Esq. , Professor of Law, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, for Amici Curiae brief of Interested Professors of Law in Support of Petitioners.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


GREENE, J.

Petitioner ("Mr. Neustadter") appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County and asserts that his constitutional right to the free exercise of his religion was infringed by rulings denying a two-day postponement or recess during his medical malpractice case so that he could observe an Orthodox Jewish holiday. The trial judge and County Administrative Judge collectively denied four motions for postponement of the case. We hold that the...

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