TURNER v. STATE

No. 79, September Term, 1983.

299 Md. 565 (1984)

474 A.2d 1297

MARY ROSE TURNER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. and Russell J. White, Towson (Lynne Brueck, Towson, on the brief), for appellant.

Eleanor M. Carey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., and Jillyn K. Schulze, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

The principal question in this case is whether Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, §§ 152 and 153 (Female Sitters Law), which makes it unlawful to employ female sitters, is a violation of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, Art. 46, the Maryland Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A second question concerns whether an employer of female sitters has standing to raise this question.

Article 46 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights...

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