A prominent businessman has failed in his efforts to sue Baltimore residents for $25 million to punish them for testifying against his development plans at public hearings.

According to an online filing, Circuit Court Judge John Nugent granted the request by residents of the Clipper Mill community to dismiss the lawsuit.

Nugent issued the decision last week, but it wasn’t “docketed,” or made official in the Judiciary Case Search online file, until today.

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