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Md. Judge Grants 60-Day Stay Extension in Crown Castle v. Ocean City

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher for Northern Maryland in Baltimore granted Ocean City, Maryland, and Crown Castle's request to extend the stay in their case by another 60 days, said her signed order Tuesday (docket 1:21-cv-01812). The parties asked for…

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the 60-day extension as they pursue a final settlement in their case, which dates to July 2019 (see 2401170004). If the case isn’t jointly dismissed by the end of the 60-day stay extension, the parties will jointly report to the court on the status of the “conditions precedent to dismissal,” said Gallagher’s order. Crown Castle sued Ocean City to reverse what it alleged was the city’s unlawful denial of its application to install telecom services equipment in the public rights of way on three new streetlight poles. The city countersued in December 2021, alleging Crown Castle breached the requirements of a 2017 rights of use agreement with the municipality.