from a final judgment entered in a civil or criminal case by a circuit court.” See also § 12-101(f) (defining “final judgment” as “a judgment ... or other action by a court ... from which an appeal, application for leave to appeal, or petition for certiorari may be taken”). “[T]o be appealable, an order or judgment ordinarily must be final.” Baltimore Police Dep’t v. Cherkes, 140 Md.App. 282, 298, 780 A.2d 410 (2001) (internal citations omitted). When an order of summary judgment does not resolve all claims, any “appeal must be dismissed as prematurely taken, since ... the [summary] judgment remain[s][] interlocutory.” Brooks v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 261 Md. 278, 282, 274 A.2d 345 (1971). See also County Com’rs for St. Mary’s County v. Lacer, 393 Md. 415, 427, 903 A.2d 378 (2006) (<HOLDING>). The crux of appellees’ argument is that
holding that a district court judgment is not a final judgment appealable by the defendant unless it includes the final adjudication and the final sentence holding that denial of motion for summary judgment not appealable because did not determine any rights and liabilities holding that partial summary judgment is not a final appealable judgment when it did not settle completely any of the matters in controversy or adjudicate completely the rights and liabilities of the parties holding summary judgment order was not a final judgment because it did not dispose of the defendants claim for attorneys fees holding that a bankruptcy courts partial summary judgment order that established the priority of one creditor relative to another but did not completely resolve the particular adversary proceeding was interlocutory in nature and therefore not directly appealable