Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Crawford

ALPERT, Judge.

The principal issue presented in this case is whether an employer engages in unlawful employment practices 1 proscribed by state and federal civil rights laws by failing to *281comply with the strictures of its own affirmative action plan. This case also requires our consideration of whether exhaustion of State administrative and statutory remedies is a prerequisite prior to bringing an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a Federal statute permitting civil actions for alleged deprivations of constitutional or statutory rights.2

FACTS

The following facts may be gleaned from the pleadings…