BUILDING MATERIALS v. BOARD OF ED.

No. 71, September Term, 2011.

53 A.3d 347 (2012)

428 Md. 572

BUILDING MATERIALS CORPORATION OF AMERICA d/b/a GAF Materials Corporation v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Cole, Jr. (Eric of Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant.

Edmund J. O'Meally ( David A. Burkhouse and Andrew G. Scott of Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A., Towson, MD; Margaret-Ann F. Howie , General Counsel, Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, MD), on brief, for appellee.

John M.G. Murphy, Esq. , The Law Office of John M.G. Murphy, LLC, Baltimore, MD, for amicus curiae brief Coalition for Procurement Reform and for amicus curiae brief Carlisle Construction Materials Incorporated.

Sharon Oras Morgan, Esq. , Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE, for amicus curiae brief Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit.

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


McDONALD, J.

The point of contention in this case is whether a local board of education has acted within its statutory authority. For some years, the Board of Education of Baltimore County ("Board of Education"), the Appellee, has belonged to a governmental group purchasing consortium — a sort of warehouse club for government entities — which competitively bid a roofing services contract on behalf of its members. The Board of Education has relied on...

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