LINTON v. CONSUMER PROTECTION DIV.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Raymond L. Marshall (Chason, Rosner, Leary & Marshall, LLC, Towson, MD; Brian S. Brown , Leah Barron and Eleanor Chung , Brown & Barron LLC, Baltimore, MD; Byron B. Warnken , Warnken, LLC, Pikesville, MD) and Charles Sims ( Alison Duffy , O'Hagan Meyer, PLLC, Richmond, VA; Matthew Berkowitz and Brian M. O'Shea , Carr Maloney, P.C., Washington, DC; Gregg E. Viola , Eccleston & Wolf, P.C., Hanover, MD), on briefs, for Petitioners/Cross-Petitioners.

Argued by Joshua N. Auerbach , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Christopher J. Madaio , Asst. Atty. Gen., William D. Gruhn , Chief, Consumer Protection Division and Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondents/Cross-Respondents.

Tonya Kelly Cronin, Esquire , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, 100 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Amicus Curiae National Association of Settlement Purchasers in Support of Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Dena Elizabeth Robinson , Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Public Justice Center, One North Charles Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, Amicus Curiae Public Justice Center in Support of Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Thomas McCray-Worrall , Senior Counsel, Mary McLeod , General Counsel, John R. Coleman , Deputy General Counsel, Steven Y. Bressler , Assistant General Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20552, Amicus Curiae Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Support of Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Lynne A. Battaglia, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) Alan M. Wilner, (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned).