Developer Lawsuits

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Centreville Could Go Bankrupt Due ToDevelopers' Lawsuits WBAL report - "'I really think that, honestly, in retrospect, it was a bad idea for the General Assembly to give the towns all the power they have, and there should be more checks and balances,' Ransom said. 'If you look all up and down the Eastern Shore, there's annexations all over the place. And I guess the real question is that how we want development to go.'"

Mary McCarthy News Release 12/21/2004 - "The citizens deserve answers, and our town deserves better."

North Brook Complaint (Lawsuit) Document as filed in Circuit Court 12/13/2004

Exhibit I - Public Works Agreement
Exhibit II - MDE Consent Order (first page only)
Exhibit III - Resolution 02-04 Seeking interim relief from MDE
Exhibit IV - Draft Capacity Management Plan sent to MDE
Exhibit V - Town is in Material Breach

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

Memorandum in Support of Restraining Order

Order denying request restraining order and setting the schedule

Town Settles Lawsuit with North Brook Farms I&II 

Baltimore Sun Article: Halt to building brought to court: Developer challenges moratorium imposed by Eastern Shore town - "Attorneys for North Brook appeared in Queen Anne's County Circuit Court yesterday, arguing that the moratorium violates a two-year-old public works agreement they struck with Centreville officials. 'What we have is the town changing the rules of the game after North Brook has gone to considerable effort to comply with the public works agreement,' said Thomas M. Lingan, a Baltimore attorney who represents the company. Circuit Judge Thomas G. Ross denied a motion for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the town from issuing any sewer allocations under the capacity management plan."

WBAL report: Developer Takes Centreville To Court Over Building Moratorium - "Attorneys for the North Brook subdivision appeared in Queen Anne's County Circuit Court on Wednesday, arguing that the moratorium violates a public works agreement they struck with Centreville officials. A judge set a March trial date for the lawsuit."

Press Release: Developer files suit against the Town of Centreville - "The suit, filed December 10, 2004 in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, alleges the Town breached the Public Works Agreement (PWA) between the Town and North Brook. The action seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the Town from providing any sewer allocations to any residential, commercial or other project as may be provided for under the Capacity Management Plan developed by the Town and the related interim relief recently approved by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)."