Opinion ID: 2069713
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Claim A

Text: As a preliminary matter, we agree entirely with the Court of Special Appeals that the issue of whether a petition to reopen Claim A would be barred by § 9-736(b)(3) was not before the Commission or the Circuit Court. The proceeding before the Commission on July 25, 1994, and the Commission's order of July 27, 1994, dealt only with Claim B. It was that claim that was designated in the order, and it was that claim alone that was declared barred by limitations. The petition for judicial review, which unfortunately is not included in the record before us, could relate only to that claim. No request to reopen Claim A was ever made or presented to the Commission; accordingly, whether such a request could or could not properly be filed was never ruled upon by the Commission and should not have been ruled upon by the Circuit Court. That part of the Circuit Court's order of September 27, 1996 declaring that Claim A is not time-barred by § 9-736 and remanding that claim to the Commission was properly reversed, not because the decision was necessarily wrong, but because it should not have been made.