Dear neighbors, Three years ago, seeking to uphold the law and protect Rock Creek Hills Park, we started an uphill battle against Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Board of Education, the Maryland-National Capital Area Parks and Planning Commission, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. One local citizens’ group, Rock Creek Hills, took on multiple […]
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Dear neighbors, I regret to inform you that the Court of Appeals of Maryland has today declined our petition for certiorari, thereby upholding the previous finding of the Court of Special Appeals that we lack standing to bring suit to enforce the law and preserve Rock Creek Hills Park. Your RCHCA Board of Directors will
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Dear neighbors, A brief update on the status of our litigation seeking to uphold the law and preserve Rock Creek Hills Park, the transfer of which for construction appears to be unlawful. Our petition for certiorari is pending before the Court of Appeals of Maryland. That is, we are waiting for our State’s highest court
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Dear neighbors, Last week, a three-judge panel of the Court of Special Appeals, in Annapolis, released a ruling affirming the decision of the Circuit Court in Rockville, to dismiss our litigation seeking to enforce the law and protect Rock Creek Hills Park. The panel did not rule against our arguments that the proposed conversion of
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Dear members, At the April 11 court hearing Judge Rubin ruled for the defendant government agencies and issued a declaratory judgment dismissing the Rock Creek Hills Citizens Association’s and the individual plaintiffs’ complaints. The complaints had alleged that the Montgomery County Planning Board, the Board of Education, and the County Executive, as well as three
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