No. 22O129 ORG
Title:
Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff
v.
State of Maryland
Docketed:February 22, 2000

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 18 2000 Motion for leave to file and bill of complaint filed.
Feb 18 2000 Apendix to motion filed.
Apr 21 2000 Opposition of Maryland to motion filed.
Apr 21 2000 Motion of Audubon Naturalist Society for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae filed.
Apr 24 2000 Brief amici curiae of Loudoun County, Virginia, et. at. in support of motion filed.
May 2 2000 Reply brief of Virginia filed.
May 2 2000 LODGING consisting of ten copies of appendix material containing original declarations of Charlie Crowder, Jr. and Mark Kronenthal, II, submitted by counsel for plaintiff Virginia.
May 9 2000 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2000 (page 3).
May 30 2000 The motion of Audubon Naturalist Society for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted.
May 30 2000 The motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is GRANTED. Defendant is allowed 60 days within which to file an answer.
Jul 30 2000 Maryland's answer, counterclaim, and motion for appointment of Special Master filed.
Aug 2 2000 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2000 (page 82).
Aug 24 2000 Answer of Virginia to counterclaim and response to motion for appointment of Special Master filed and distributed.
Oct 10 2000 Motion for appointment of Special Master granted, and Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Esquire, of Portland, Maine, is appointed as Special Master.
Oct 12 2000 Oath of Special Master filed.
Jan 11 2001 Motion of the Audubon Naturalist Society for review of Special Master's Finding of Subject Matter Jurisdiction filed.
Jan 26 2001 Response of Maryland to motion of Audubon Naturalist Society for review filed.
Jan 30 2001 Virginia's opposition to motion of Audubon Naturalist Society and request for costs filed.
Jan 31 2001 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 16, 2001 (page 48).
Feb 14 2001 Reply brief of Audubon Naturalist Society seeking review of Special Master's Finding of Subject Matter Jurisdiction filed and distributed.
Feb 20 2001 The motion of the Audubon Naturalist Society for review of the Special Master's finding of subject matter jurisdiction is denied. The motion of Virginia for costs is denied without prejudice to refiling before the Special Master.
Mar 16 2001 Motion of Maryland for leave to file an amendment to its answer and counterclaim filed.
Mar 21 2001 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2001 (page 3).
Apr 16 2001 Motion of Maryland for leave to file an amendment to its answer and counterclaim is GRANTED, and the amendment is referred to the Special Master.
Aug 22 2001 Motion of Special Master for fees and reimbursment of expenses filed.
Aug 22 2001 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2001 (page 133).
Sep 17 2001 Response of Virginia to motion of Special Master for fees filed.
Sep 20 2001 Response of Maryland to motion of Special Master for fees and reimbursement of expenses filed.
Oct 1 2001 ORDER: Motion of the Special Master for fees and reimbursement of expenses is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $181,228.28 for the period October 10, 2000, through July 31, 2001, to be paid equally by the parties.
May 15 2002 Motion of the Special Master for allowance of fee and disbursements filed.
Jun 3 2002 The State of Maryland agrees with the Special Master's motion for fees and disbursements.
Jun 10 2002 The motion of the Special Master for fees and reimbursement of expenses is granted, and the Special Master is awarded a total of $74,811.30 for the period August 1, 2001, through April 30, 2002, to be paid equally by the parties.
Dec 6 2002 Report of the Special Master filed.
Dec 6 2002 Appendix to the Report of the Special Master filed.
Jan 13 2003 Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. Exceptions to the Report, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 45 days. Replies, if any, with supporting briefs, may be filed within 30 days.
Jan 24 2003 Motion of Special Master for Allowance of Fee and Disbursements filed.
Feb 3 2003 Letter from State of Virginia indicating no objection to the motion of the Special Master filed and distributed.
Feb 4 2003 Letter from the State of Maryland indicating no objection to the motion of the Special Master filed and distributed.
Feb 5 2003 Motion DISTRIBUTED: February 21, 2003 (P.42)
Feb 24 2003 Motion of Special Master for Allowance of Fee and Disbursements GRANTED.
Feb 27 2003 Exceptions of the State of Maryland to the Report of the Special Master filed.
Feb 27 2003 Appendix to the Exceptions of the State of Maryland to Report of Special Master filed.
Feb 27 2003 Motion of Audubon Naturalist Society for leave to file brief amicus curiae in support of Maryland filed.
Mar 31 2003 Reply by Virginia to Maryland's exceptions to the Special Master's Report filed.
Mar 31 2003 Brief amicus curiae of Loudoun County Sanitary Auth. in support of Virginia reply filed.
Apr 2 2003 LODGING conisting of twenty bound copies of related material received from counsel for Virginia.
Apr 9 2003 Exceptions to the Report of the Special Master, DISTRIBUTED: April 25, 2003, P.4
Apr 28 2003 The Motion of the Audubon Naturalist Society for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The Exceptions to the Report of the Special Master are set for oral argument in due course.
Apr 28 2003 LODGING consisting of twenty bound copies of related material received from counsel for the respondent.
Jul 7 2003 SET FOR ARGUMENT October 7, 2003.
Jul 22 2003 Motion for judicial notice of the instructions of the British Crown to the Colonial Governors of Virginia to resist Lord Baltimore's claims to the Potomac River filed by Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff.
Jul 23 2003 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2003.
Jul 31 2003 Response of Maryland to motion of Virginia to take judicial notice of Instructions of the Crown to Colonial Governors to resist Baltimore's claims to Potomac River filed.(Distributed)
Sep 15 2003 Copies of the Maryland Charter of 1632 submitted by Maryland
Sep 18 2003 Letter concerning Maryland's submission of the Maryland Charter submitted by Virginia
Oct 6 2003 Motion for judicial notice DENIED.
Oct 7 2003 Argued. For Maryland: Andrew H. Baida. For Virginia: Stuart A. Raphael.
Dec 9 2003 Maryland's exceptions overruled; relief sought by Virginia granted; and Special Master's proposed decree entered.
Jan 12 2004 Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Esquire, of Portland, Maine, the Special Master in this case, is hereby discharged with the thanks of the Court."



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Plaintiff:
Frederick S. Fisher Office of the Attorney General(804) 786-3870
    Counsel of Record900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff
 
Stuart A. Raphael Hunton & Williams(703) 714-7400
1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 1700
McLean, VA  22102
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff
Attorneys for Respondent:
Andrew H. Baida Rosenberg Martin Funk Greenberg, LLP(410) 727-6600
    Counsel of Record25 S. Charles Street, 21st Floor
Baltimore, MD  21201
Party name: State of Maryland
 
Maureen M. Dove Chief of Litigation(410) 576-6330
Office of the Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor
Baltimore, MD  21202
Party name: State of Maryland
Other:
Ralph Lancaster Special Master(207) 791-1260
Pierce Atwood
One Monument Square
Portland, ME  04101
Party name: Special Master
 
Christopher D. Man Mc/Dermott Will & Emery LLP(202) 756-8000
600 Thirteenth Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: Audubon Naturalist Society
 
E. Duncan Getchell Jr. McGuireWoods LLP(804) 775-4319
One James Center
901 E. Cary Street
Richmond, VA  23219
Party name: Loudoun County Sanitation Authority