COURT OF APPEALS FILINGS AND DISPOSITIONS FISCAL YEAR 2021
FILINGS
DISPOSITIONS
Regular Docket
64
62
Petitions for Certiorari
500
498
Attorney Grievance Proceedings
100
84
Bar Admission Character Matters
2
2
Certified Questions of Law
3
5
Miscellaneous Appeals
16
19
Judicial Disabilities
1
1
TOTAL
686
671
The Court of Appeals is Maryland’s highest court. It hears almost exclusively by way of certiorari, a process that gives the court the ability to decide which cases to hear. By law, however, the Court of Appeals is required to hear cases involving legislative redistricting and removal of certain state officials. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals sits with the six other judges on the court to hear oral arguments in each case.
COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS FILINGS AND DISPOSITIONS FISCAL YEAR 2021
TOTAL
Appeals Filed
1,226
Appeals Disposed
1,907
Opinions Filed
1,184
The Court of Special Appeals is the intermediate appellate court. It reviews a trial court’s actions and decisions in given cases and decides whether the trial judge properly followed the law and legal precedent. Judges sitting in the Court of Special Appeals generally hear appeals in panels of three. Sometimes, all 15 judges sit together, en banc, to hear the appeals.
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