Haavistola v. Community Fire Co. of Rising Sun

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

In an earlier opinion in this case, reported at 812 F.Supp. 1379, this Court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the plaintiffs claims under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, holding, as to the former, that the plaintiff was not an employee of the volunteer fire company of which she was a dues-paying member, and, as to the latter, that the fire company was not a state actor for purposes of section 1983, in that it was a private entity performing what had not, in Maryland, been a traditional governmental function. The facts are fully set forth…