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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="12-305" title_number="12" title_name="Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Review of Decisions of Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction">
  <text>The Supreme Court of Maryland shall require by writ of certiorari that a decision be certified to it for review and determination in any case in which a circuit court has rendered a final judgment on appeal from the District Court or has rendered a final judgment on appeal from an administrative decision under Title 16 of the Transportation Article if it appears to the Supreme Court of Maryland, upon petition of a party that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Review is necessary to secure uniformity of decision, as where the same statute has been construed differently by two or more judges; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>There are other special circumstances rendering it desirable and in the public interest that the decision be reviewed.</text>
  </level>
</section>
