CONDORE v. PRINCE GEORGE'S CTY.

[No. 6, September Term, 1980.]

289 Md. 516 (1981)

425 A.2d 1011

MAUREEN S. CONDORE v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Patrick O'Reilly, with whom were O'Reilly & Serio on the brief, for appellant.

Robert B. Ostrom, County Attorney, and Michael Bereston, Associate County Attorney, with whom was Carl Harris, Deputy County Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ., dissent. RODOWSKY, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 533 infra, in which DAVIDSON, J., concurs in part.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Article 46 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, provides:

"Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied because of sex."

The primary issue in this case is whether the ERA modifies the common law of Maryland...

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