A rose by any other name – Maryland to rename appellate courts

On November 8, 2022, Maryland voters approved a constitutional amendment to change the names of Maryland’s appellate courts from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and from the Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. New York is now the only state to designate its highest court as the “Court of Appeals.” And, while straightforward, the decisions of Maryland’s intermediate court are now a little less “special.”