WILLIAMS v. MORGAN STATE UNIV.

Misc. No. 9, Sept. Term, 2022.

300 A.3d 54 (2023)

484 Md. 534

Michele WILLIAMS v. MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, et al.

Supreme Court of Maryland.

August 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Daniel E. Kenney (DK Associates, LLC, Chevy Chase, MD), on brief, for Appellant.

Argued by Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Anthony G. Brown, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.

Argued before: Fader, C.J., Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Gould, Eaves, JJ.


The doctrine of sovereign immunity is an "ancient" concept.1 It is the long-established view that a sovereign, such as a state, is "infallible,"2 and, thus, immune from suit "absent the State's consent."3 The General Assembly provided such consent in...

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