BEKA INdUSTRIES, INC. v. BOARD OF ED.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Gilliss ( Eric G. Korphage and Sean P. Foley of Pike & Gilliss, LLC, Timonium, MD), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

James W. Almand (Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A., Ocean City, MD), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Leslie Robert Stellman ( Shani K. Whisonant of Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A., Towson, MD), on brief, for respondent/crosspetitioner.

William M. Huddles, Esq. , Kenneth K. Sorteberg, Esq. , Huddles Jones Sorteberg & Dachille, PC, Columbia, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Baltimore, Metro Chapter, and the Surety & Fidelity Association of America.

Adam C. Harrison, Esq. , Eli Robbins, Esq. , Harrison Law Group, Towson, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of American Subcontractors Association, the American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore, and the D.C. Metropolitan Subcontractors Association.

John E. Bloxom, Esq. , County Atty., Snow Hill, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland.

Stephen C. Bounds, Esq. , Director of Legal and Policy Services, Maryland Association of Boards of Education, Annapolis, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association of Boards of Education.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.