Legal Opinion
Norville v. Anne Arundel County Board of Education
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 6, 2004No. 00761, September Term, 2003PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLANDER, Judge.
This case involves a claim of age discrimination in employment, brought under federal and Maryland law. We must determine whether, in a suit initiated by a former employee of a county board of education, the school board is an arm of the State 1 for purposes of sovereign immunity.
David Norville, appellant, was discharged by the Anne Arundel County Board of Education (the “Board”) when he was 48 years old. That termination led Norville to file suit in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County against the Board and Norville’s supervisor, Don Cramer, appellees. In an Amended…
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Anne Arundel County Board of Education v. NorvilleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
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- Donlon v. Montgomery Co. Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2018
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