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MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 8 - APPELLATE REVIEW IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
AND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
CHAPTER 300 - OBTAINING APPELLATE REVIEW IN COURT OF APPEALS
AMEND Rule 8-305 (a) to conform the definition of
“certifying court” to the statutory list of such courts and to
make a certain stylistic change, as follows:
Rule 8-305. CERTIFICATION FROM FEDERAL COURTS AND OTHER STATE
COURTS OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
(a) Certifying Court
"Certifying court" as used in this Rule means the Supreme
Court of the United States, a United States Court of Appeals, a
United States District Court, or the highest appellate court or
an intermediate appellate court of another State, District,
Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States a court
authorized by Code, Courts Article, §12-603 to certify a question
of law to the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Committee note: Necessary implication requires that the
definition of “court” set forth in Rule 1-202 does not apply in
this Rule.
(b) Certification Order
In disposing of an action pending before it, a certifying
court, on motion of any party or on its own initiative, may
submit to the Court of Appeals a question of law of this State,
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