State Commission on Human Relations v. Talbot County Detention Center

This Court must determine whether a circuit court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations from interference with its administrative investigation into two employment discrimination complaints filed against the Talbot County Detention Center, and if so, whether injunctive relief should have been granted in this case. We answer in the affirmative to both questions.

I. Background

The Marylánd Commission on Human Relations (“Commission”) is an independent agency charged with investigating complaints of discrimination in employment,…