Maryland Indigent Court Cost Suit Settled

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1998 published in Verdict1 October, 1998, page 16

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Injunctions, Costs, Seizure of Prisoner Funds. Location: Maryland.

On July 1, 1997, U.S. district court judge Marvin Garbis approved the settlement of a class action suit involving the collection of previously waived indigent court costs. In 1991 the Maryland legislature enacted a Budget Reconciliation Act, 1991 Md. Laws, Ch. 3, § 6, which stated:

"Notwithstanding any other provision ...

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