ALETI v. METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE, LLC

No. 39, September Term, 2021.

279 A.3d 905 (2022)

479 Md. 696

Karunaker ALETI, et ux. v. METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE, LLC, and Gables Residential Services, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by E. David Hoskins (The Law Offices of E. David Hoskins, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioners.

Argued by Eric Pelletier (Offit Kurman, P.A., Bethesda, MD), on brief, for Respondents.

Amicus Curiae The Public Justice Center, Civil Justice, Homeless Persons Representation Project, and Maryland Legal Aid: Michael R. Abrams, Esquire , Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Public Justice Center, 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Amici Curiae Maryland Multi-Housing Association, Inc. and Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington: Avery Barton Strachan, Esquire , Kerri L. Smith, Esquire , Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Argued before: Getty, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Rotten, Booth, Biran, Alan M. Wilner (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In this case, we must determine whether the Baltimore City Council's enactment of a local law created a private right of action for Baltimore City tenants to recoup rent payments and related fees they paid in connection with their use and occupancy of rental dwellings during a period when a landlord did not have a valid rental license...

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