Legal Opinion
Turner v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 24, 1984No. 79, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether Maryland Code (1957, 1982 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, §§ 152 and 153 (Female Sitters Law), which makes it unlawful to employ female sitters, is a violation of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, Art. 46, the Maryland Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A second question concerns whether an employer of female sitters has standing to raise this question.
Article 46 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights provides:
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied because of sex.”
Article 27, § 152 provides:
“It shall be unlawful for…
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