41 Years Ago

[RJNorton]

I will be meeting with Frank Gorman on Tuesday, the lawyer who fended off the 1990s attempts to exhume Booth's body. Nate Orlowek initiated those attempts and failed. Frank is writing a book on his experiences with that trial and the appeals afterwards.

I received this message from Laurie. She writes, "The two attachments pertain to the decision made by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals that upheld Judge Kline’s lower court decision on exhumation."

Laurie received a message from Frank Gorman which included the two attachments. Mr. Gorman wrote the following regarding the two attachments:

(1) the decision as issued by the Court of Special Appeals on June 4, 1996, and

(2) the decision as reported in Westlaw, a worldwide legal decisions reporter that presents the decision with “headnotes” that address specific points of law contained in the decision (sometimes also referred to as an “opinion” of a court). Practicing attorneys generally use the Westlaw format (or another reporter publication) because the headnotes are very helpful.

Chief Judge Wilner wrote the decision for the Court. I believe it is a tour de force in terms of both history and law. (The file names indicate which pdf is the as issued and which is the Westlaw.)

CLICK HERE.
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CLICK HERE.