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PRINCE GEORGE'S CTY. v. STATE COMM'N ON HUMAN RELATIONS

No. 264, September Term, 1978.

40 Md. App. 473 (1978)

392 A.2d 105

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL. v. STATE OF MARYLAND COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Bliden, Associate County Attorney, with whom were James C. Chapin, County Attorney, Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney, and John R. Gober, Associate County Attorney, on the brief, for appellants.

Risselle Rosenthal Fleisher, General Counsel, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOYLAN and DAVIDSON, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We herein hold that the State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations (Commission) does not possess the authority to subpoena certain records pertaining to arrests made by the Prince George's County Police Department (Department). Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County.

Before we explain why we have concluded that the Commission lacks the power to subpoena records...

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