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ST. COMM'N ON HUMAN REL. v. BALTO. CTY.

No. 1270, September Term, 1979.

46 Md. App. 45 (1980)

415 A.2d 856

STATE OF MARYLAND COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS v. BALTIMORE COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Young, Assistant General Counsel, with whom was Risselle Rosenthal Fleisher, General Counsel, on the brief, for appellant.

Phyllis C. Friedman, Deputy County Solicitor, with whom was Leonard S. Jacobson, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, LOWE and WILNER, JJ.

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

— background —

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