SMITH v. WAKEFIELD LP

No. 28, Sept. Term, 2018.

202 A.3d 1240 (2019)

462 Md. 713

Gregory SMITH v. WAKEFIELD, LP.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied April 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Peter A. Holland ( Emanwel J. Turnbull , The Holland Law Firm, P.C., Annapolis, MD; Scott C. Borison (Legg Law Firm, LLP, San Mateo, CA and Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Gregory L. Countess, Esquire , Leigh-Ann M. Smith Rosenberg, Esquire , Daniel L. Rosenberg, Esquire , Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 500 East Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Amy P. Hennen, Esquire , Ellyn Riedl, Esquire , Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 201 North Charles Street, Suit 1400, Baltimore, MD 21201, Debra Gardner, Esquire , C. Matthew Hill, Esquire , Public Justice Center, 1 North Charles Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, for Petitioner, Amici Curiae Brief for Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Public Justice Center, and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Services, as Amici Curaie.

Argued by Brian L. Moffet ( Michael B. Brown , Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, MD; Robert L. Sova , Timonium, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Avery Barton Strachan, Esquire , Kerri L. Smith, Esquire , Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin, White, 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21201, for Respondent, Amicus Curiae Brief for Maryland Multi-Housing Association, Inc.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Sally D. Adkins (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


For three centuries, Maryland law has provided that an action seeking payment of back rent for a residential lease is to be brought before the expiration of a three-year period of limitations. That period of limitations is currently reflected in Maryland Code, Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJ"), § 5-101. In recent...

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