Supreme Court of Maryland

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court of last resort judicial body state supreme court

The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state's court of last resort, responsible for issuing final interpretations of Maryland law and overseeing the state judiciary.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maryland Court of Appeals	2
Maryland Supreme Court	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ
appealsFrom	Appellate Court of Maryland ⓘ
applies	Maryland Rules ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Maryland ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of Maryland ⓘ
appointmentRequires	consent of the Maryland Senate ⓘ
bindingAuthorityOn	all other Maryland state courts ⓘ
building	Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building ⓘ
buildingUse	clerk’s offices ⓘ courtroom for oral arguments ⓘ judicial chambers ⓘ
composition	one chief justice and six associate justices ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtSystem	Maryland state court system ⓘ
courtType	appellate court ⓘ
decisionsCanBeReviewedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	18th century ⓘ
formerName	Supreme Court of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maryland Court of Appeals
governmentBranch	judicial branch of Maryland ⓘ
handles	appeals on questions of law ⓘ constitutional questions under Maryland law ⓘ final interpretation of Maryland statutes ⓘ
hasAuthority	adoption of rules of practice and procedure for Maryland courts ⓘ judicial review of state laws under the Maryland Constitution ⓘ
hasClerk	Clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ
hasNumberOfPositions	7 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.mdcourts.gov ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ
hearsCasesEnBanc	true ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction	Maryland ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of Maryland ⓘ Maryland common law ⓘ Maryland statutory law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Anne Arundel County ⓘ surface form: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
location	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland
nativeName	Supreme Court of Maryland self-link ⓘ
oversees	Judiciary of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland Judiciary admission to the Maryland Bar ⓘ attorney discipline in Maryland ⓘ lower state courts of Maryland ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Maryland ⓘ
shortName	Supreme Court of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maryland Supreme Court

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appellate Court of Maryland → appealTo → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

Circuit Courts of Maryland → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

Appellate Court of Maryland → decisionsCanBeReviewedBy → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

Constitution of Maryland → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Maryland → formerName → Supreme Court of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Court of Appeals

Appellate Court of Maryland → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

Government of Maryland → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

District Court of Maryland → isSubordinateTo → Supreme Court of Maryland ⓘ

Supreme Court of Maryland → nativeName → Supreme Court of Maryland self-link ⓘ

Supreme Court of Maryland → shortName → Supreme Court of Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Supreme Court