Baltimore Teachers Union v. Maryland State Board of Education

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by

BELL, C.J.

I agree with the majority that the Baltimore Teachers’ Union, American Federation of Teachers, Local 340, AFL-CIO, the plaintiff in the action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief it filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and the appellant in this Court, has standing to sue the Maryland State Department of Education, one of the appellees, in order to challenge both the Department’s statutory authority to contract with a wholly private concern, to which it ceded virtually complete autonomy, for the operation and management of three…