Marshall and Tiffany Todman, tenants in Baltimore, were evicted and lost their belongings under Baltimore’s Abandonment Ordinance, which deems any property left behind at eviction as abandoned. The Todmans sued the City of Baltimore, alleging violations of their Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, asserting that they were deprived of their property without adequate notice and opportunity to be heard.
Once through the captions and parties (which constitute the first 37 out of 39 pages of this decision), this appeal concerns the confirmation of arbitration awards by the district court under Section 9 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) against TitleMax of Virginia, Inc., which argued that the applications did not identify an independent jurisdictional basis.
Bestwall, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2017 to address asbestos-related claims and sought discovery to estimate its asbestos liabilities, leading to a personal injury questionnaire (PIQ) order for all mesothelioma claimants. The PIQ order was contested but upheld, with the court retaining jurisdiction to enforce it.
