CARROLL CO. EDUC. ASS'N v. BD. OF EDUC.

[No. 4 (Adv.), September Term, 1982.]

294 Md. 144 (1982)

448 A.2d 345

CARROLL COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, INC. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CARROLL COUNTY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Whattam, with whom was Walter S. Levin on the brief, for appellant.

Amici curiae brief of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) and Maryland Council 67, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO filed. William H. Engelman and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A., Larry P. Weinberg, Martha Walfoort and Kirschner, Weinberg, Dempsey, Walters & Willig on the brief.

Edward J. Gutman, with whom was Thomas A. Baker on the brief, for appellee.

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


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ., dissent. DAVIDSON, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 156 infra, in which COLE, J., joins.

The issue in this case is whether the Maryland Open Meetings Act, Maryland Code (1957, 1980 Repl. Vol.), Article 76A, §§ 7-15 (the Act), authorizes a county board of education to determine unilaterally to conduct collective bargaining negotiations at meetings open to the public, notwithstanding...

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