PORT v. COWAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Minter (National Center for Lesbian Rights of San Francisco, California; Michele Zavos of Zavos Juncker Law Group, PLLC, Silver Spring, MD), on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Susan Sommer (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, New York), on brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Leslie R. Stellman ( Mark Scurti of Hodes, Pessin and Katz, P.A., Towson, MD), on brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Alan E. Schoenfeld, Esq. , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Esq. , Paul R.Q. Wolfson, Esq. , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae brief of Equality Maryland, Inc., Rainbow Families, and American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.

Rachael A. Harris, Esq., Squire , Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP, Washington, DC, Robert J. Guite, Esq. , Amy E. Rose, Esq. , Julie E. Schwartz, Esq., Squire , Sanders & Dempsey (US), LLP, San Francisco, CA, Motion of the Deans and Faculty of the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland School of Law for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae and Brief of Amici Curiae.

Margaret E. Lancaster, Esq. , Law Offices of Margaret E. Lancaster, Hyattsville, MD, Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae and Brief of Amici Curiae on Behalf of the Maryland Black Family Alliance and the National Black Justice Coalition.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.