GIANT FOOD, INC. v. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 15, Sept. Term, 1999.

738 A.2d 856 (1999)

356 Md. 180

GIANT FOOD, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Titus (Mitchell Y. Mirviss, John A. Roberts, Kathleen E. Wherthey of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Rockville and Harry W. Burton of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, all on brief), for petitioner.

Andrew H. Baida, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland and Matthew W. Boyle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Daniel G. Orfield of Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn, Thompson & Wolly, P.C., Washington, DC, John R. Mooney and Mark J. Murphy, Mooney, Green, Baker, Gibson and Saindon, P.C., Washington, DC and Jonathan G. Axelrod, Barbara Kraft and Hugh J. Beins of Beins, Axelrod & Kraft, P.C., Washington, DC, all on briefs), for respondents.

Dianna M. Louis, Carey R. Butsavage, Marc A. Stefan, Butsavage & Associates, Washington, DC, amicus curiae on behalf of respondent Commercial Workers, Local 400.

David A. Skomba, Rudolph L. Rose, Anthony G. Lardieri, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, amicus curiae on behalf of Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc., Safeway, Inc., petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and ROBERT L. KARWACKI, (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


CATHELL, Judge.

Giant Food, Inc., petitioner, appeals from a decision of the Court of Special Appeals affirming an administrative ruling that certain of petitioner's employees were entitled to unemployment benefits during a work stoppage caused by a strike from December 15, 1996 to January 18, 1997. We hold that the employees are not entitled to the unemployment benefits and shall reverse.

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