Cross v. Baltimore City Police Department

In this case of a fired police officer, the appellant does not claim, in the words of Justice Holmes, that she has a “constitutional right to be a policeman.” McAuliffe v. City of New Bedford, 155 Mass. 216, 29 N.E. 517, 517 (1892).1 Rather, she argues that her employment was terminated in violation of her constitutional right to marry and to engage in intimate association.

Appellant, Meredith Cross, was employed as a police officer in the Baltimore City Police Department (“the Department”) from 2004-2010. On July 7, 2009, she received a “Notification of Complaint to Accused,” in which it was…