(2007)

Dear Rudolph C. Cane

You have requested our opinion whether a State higher educational institution may sue another State higher educational institution in circuit court. In your request, you referred to House Bill 81 of the 2007 regular session, which would have authorized judicial review of a determination of the Maryland Higher Education Commission ("Commission") resolving objections by one institution that a proposed program of another institution is "duplicative" of existing programs or violates the State's equal opportunity obligations under State and federal law.

In our opinion, current…