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§ 1-403. Session, panel, and hearing requirements

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: December 14, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 1. Court Structure and Organization (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 4. Appellate Court of Maryland (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 14, 2022
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 1-403
§ 1-403. Session, panel, and hearing requirements
Currentness
Location and duration of sessions
(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Appellate Court of Maryland shall hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis at the time or times it prescribes by rule.
(2) As designated by the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland, in conjunction with the deans of the University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Baltimore School of Law, the Appellate Court of Maryland may hold sessions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus and the University of Baltimore.
(3) Its sessions shall continue not less than ten months in each year, if the business before it so requires.
Panels
(b) A case before the Appellate Court of Maryland shall be heard by a panel of not less than three judges. The panels shall be constituted, sit at the times, and hear the cases as directed by the Chief Judge from time to time. A quorum of a panel consists of one less than the number of judges designated to sit on the panel. The concurrence of a majority of a panel is necessary for the decision of a case.
Hearings or rehearing before the court in banc
(c) A hearing or rehearing before the court in banc may be ordered in any case by a majority of the incumbent judges of the court. Six judges of the court constitute a quorum of the court in banc. The concurrence of a majority of the incumbent judges of the entire court is necessary for decision of a case heard or reheard by the court in banc.

Credits

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 6; Acts 2002, c. 92, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2016, c. 25, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.
Formerly Art. 26, § 130.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 1-403, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 1-403
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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