MONTROSE CHRISTIAN v. WALSH

Nos. 144, 147, Sept. Term, 1999.

770 A.2d 111 (2001)

363 Md. 565

MONTROSE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CORPORATION, et al. v. Sharon M. WALSH. Montrose Christian School Corporation, et al. v. Barbara Anne Carver, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig L. Parshall, Fredericksburg, VA, David Pasti, Rockville, all on brief, for petitioners/cross-respondents in No. 144.

Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of the Nat. Capital Area (Elizabeth M. Boyle, on brief), Washington, DC. Judson P. Garrett, Jr., Principal Counsel for Opinions and Advice (Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Atty., and Karen L. Federman Henry, Principal Counsel for Appeals, on brief), Rockville, for respondents/cross-petitioners in No. 144.

Gary Howard Simpson, Bethesda, on brief of MD Employment Lawyers Ass'n and Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Ass'n, amici curiae, filed on behalf of appellants in No. 144.

John L. Cooley (VSB No. 25962) (pro hac vice), Wooten & Hart, P.C., Roanoke, VA, on brief of Ass'n of Christian Schools Intern., amicus curiae, filed on behalf of appellants in No. 144.

Mark N. Troobnick (DC Bar No. 420263) (pro hac vice), Colby M. May (DC Bar No. 394340), Washington, DC, (American Center for Law and Justice); Jay Alan Sekulow, Virginia Beach, VA (American Center for Law and Justice); Nicholas Miller, Executive Director, Rockville, MD (Council on Religious Freedom), on brief amici curiae of American Center for Law and Justice and Council on Religious Freedom in support of appellants in No. 144.

Paul D. Raschke, Alan A. Abramowitz, Robert H. Burrow, Bouland & Brush, LLC, Baltimore, on brief of amicus curiae Gen. Conference of Seventh Day Adventists filed on behalf of appellants in No. 144.

Craig L. Parshall, Fredericksburg, VA (pro hac vice), David Pasti, Rockville, all on brief, for appellants in No. 147.

Steven M. Schneebaum (Michael T. Wood and Vincente L. Martinez, Patton Boggs, LLP, all on brief), Washington, DC. Judson P. Garrett, Jr., Principal Counsel for Opinions and Advice (Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Atty., and Karen L. Federman Henry, Principal Counsel for Appeals, all on brief), Rockville, for appellees in No. 147.

Glendora C. Hughes, Gen. Counsel, Elizabeth Colette, Asst. Gen. Counsel, MD Com'n on Human Relations, Baltimore, on brief of amicus curiae State of MD Com'n on Human Relations filed on behalf of appellees in No. 147.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Chapter 27 of the Montgomery County Code contains a comprehensive statutory scheme aimed at eliminating discrimination in the County in the areas of employment, housing, and public accommodation. Section 27-2 of the County Code creates the Montgomery County Human Relations Commission and provides for its jurisdiction. The County's general anti-discrimination policies, as well as the administration and duties...

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