MONTGOMERY COUNTY v. BROADCAST

No. 141, Sept. Term, 1998.

758 A.2d 995 (2000)

360 Md. 438

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland et al. v. BROADCAST EQUITIES, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson P. Garrett, Jr., Principal Counsel for Opinions and Advice (Karen L. Federman Henry, Principal Counsel for Appeals, on brief), Rockville, for petitioners.

John C. Lynch (David N. Ventker, Huff, Poole & Mahoney, P.C., on brief), Virginia Beach, VA, for respondent.

Peter J. Petesch, Ford & Harrison LLP and George A. Davidson, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, amici curiae for Boy Scouts of America.

Dwight H. Sullivan, Counsel, ACLU of Maryland, Glendora C. Hughes, Gen. Counsel, and Lee D. Hoshall, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Maryland Com'n on Human Relations, amici curiae for petitioners.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and ROBERT L. KARWACKI (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The petitions for a writ of certiorari in this action for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief present three questions pertaining to the authority of a charter county to prohibit employment discrimination. Montgomery County's petition seeks review of the Court of Special Appeals' holding that the Montgomery County employment discrimination ordinances, which allow the County's Commission on Human Relations to award monetary damages in addition...

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