Year: 2025

State Supreme Court Declines to Hear Coates Petition

The Supreme Court of Maryland announced Monday that it will not be taking up a petition by District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) to review the state appeals court’s opinion upholding a permanent injunction against her, bringing an end to nearly three years of litigation over the question of whether

Appellate Court Upholds Permanent Injunction Against Coates

A little over eight months after hearing oral arguments in Thomasina O. Coates v. The Charles County Board of County Commissioners, et al. — in which District 2 Commissioner Thomasina Coates (D) sought to challenge a permanent injunction issued by the Circuit Court of Charles County barring her from voting