Hatt v. Anderson

Gordon Hatt, a firefighter in the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, and President of the County Firefighters Association, filed a bill of complaint against Harry Klasmeier, the County’s "Fire Administrator,” seeking declaratory relief under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1980), § 3-403, et seq., of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. Hatt sought a declaration that the County Fire Department’s Regulation 2.6 was void and of no force or effect. 1 The bill recited that Klasmeier was charged under the County Charter with administering the Fire…