Opinion ID: 2296387
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Heading: The Underlying Law Suits

Text: The Community Organization and Ingrao filed four lawsuits against the Board and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. [3] The lawsuits challenged the Board's extension of the conditional use authority, the City's issuance of the building permit, and the City's rezoning of the Bagby Furniture building. Fleet was not named as a defendant in any of the four lawsuits filed by Gerald R. Walsh, counsel for the Community Organization and Ingrao. Fleet sought to intervene in these four actions and to consolidate the cases. The circuit court (Rombro, J.) granted Fleet's motion to intervene and ordered the cases consolidated. The court also agreed to shorten the time to file pleadings and motions, finding that the lawsuits could jeopardize Fleet's financing if allowed to run their normal course. On June 8, 1995, the circuit court dismissed all four lawsuits, concluding that the Community Organization and Ingrao lacked standing to assert the claims contained in the four actions. The Community Organization and Ingrao appealed to the Court of Special Appeals. Ultimately, on December 5, 1995, the appeals were dismissed by the Court of Special Appeals for lack of prosecution.