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Friday, October 23, 2026
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Harassment

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An appeals court in Maryland ruled an elderly woman was improperly convicted of hindering school bus drivers and harassing Montgomery County Public Schools — including by allegedly impeding access to school grounds by giving out popsicles to children. The school district isn’t a “person” for the purposes of the relevant criminal law.

Read the opinion here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Criminal, Education

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