MONTGOMERY COUNTY v. GLENMONT HILLS

No. 20, Sept. Term, 2007.

936 A.2d 325 (2007)

402 Md. 250

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland v. GLENMONT HILLS ASSOCIATES PRIVACY WORLD AT GLENMONT METRO CENTRE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Lattner, Chief, Div. of Human Resources & Appeals (Leon Rodriguez, County Atty., Nancy Appel, Asst. County Atty., Marc P. Hansen, Deputy County Atty., Rockville), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Jay P. Holland (Timothy F. Maloney, Brian J. Markovitz and Lawrence R. Holzman of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., Greenbelt), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Brief of amici curiae Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Equal Rights Center, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Howard County, MD, Howard University School of Law Fair Housing Clinic, Nat. Fair Housing Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, American Civil Liberties Union of Nat. Capital Area, and Povery & Race Research Action Council: Gerald Konkel, David A. Sirignano, Melissa Furrer Miller, Makiedah Messam, Michele Park, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP; Isabelle M. Thabault, Robert M. Bruskin, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC.

Memorandum of amici curiae Housing Opportunities Com'n of Montgomery County, Rockville Housing Enterprises, and Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc.: Kenneth B. Tecler, William J. Chen, Jr., Chen, Walsh, Tecler & McCabe, LLP, Rockville.

Brief of Maryland Disability Law Center, Public Justice Center, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, the Arc of Maryland, Maryland Adapt, Making Choices for Independent Living, Inc., Independence Now, Homeless Persons Representation Project, On Our Own of Maryland, Inc, as amici curiae for appellant: Lauren Young, Maryland Disability Law Center, Baltimore. Paul A. Hemmersbaugh, Deborah F. Zerwitz, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC.

Amici curiae Brief on Behalf of Maryland Multi-Housing Ass'n, Inc, Apartment and Office Building Ass'n and Nat. Apartment Ass'n, amici curiae on appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County: Richard D. Rosenthal, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, Baltimore

Argued Before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

The Montgomery County Commission on Human Rights, in a contested case proceeding, found that appellee Glenmont Hills Associates, a landlord in Montgomery County, was in violation of a county housing discrimination ordinance by refusing to rent apartments to persons receiving rental assistance under the Federal Housing Choice Vouchers Program (HCVP), 42 U.S.C. § 1437f. In a judicial review action filed by Glenmont, the Circuit Court for Montgomery...

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