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ST. COMM'N ON HUMAN REL. v. BALTIMORE

[No. 142, September Term, 1976.]

280 Md. 35 (1977)

371 A.2d 645

STATE OF MARYLAND COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Risselle Rosenthal Fleisher, Acting General Counsel, with whom was Jacob J. Edelman on the brief, for appellant.

Elise Jude Mason, Assistant City Solicitor, with whom were Benjamin L. Brown, City Solicitor and Ambrose T. Hartman, Deputy City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 43 infra.

The question presented in this case is whether the State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations (the commission) possesses statutory authority to investigate discriminatory employment practices allegedly committed by official agencies of the City of Baltimore (the city). The Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Cole, J.) held that it does not...

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