HARFORD CTY. EDUC. ASS'N v. BOARD OF EDUC.

[No. 80, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 574 (1977)

380 A.2d 1041

HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Hardwicke, with whom were Richard W. Emory, Jr., and Walter S. Levin on the brief, for appellants.

F. Ford Loker, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Edwin H.W. Harlan, Jr., State's Attorney for Harford County, and Peter C. Cobb, Assistant State's Attorney for Harford County, on the brief, for appellee.

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


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we have before us for the first time a charge that school teachers are in criminal contempt of one of the courts of this State. The matter arises from the alleged failure of certain teachers to obey the terms of an ex parte injunction issued by a circuit judge in Harford County (Close, J.) as a result of a work stoppage. He found them to be in contempt and levied fines accordingly. We shall affirm his determination...

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