Swift v. Univ. of Md., College Park

Panel: Nazarian, Arthur, Shaw Geter, JJ. *

Nazarian, J.

*204 This case turns on whether the University of Maryland, College Park (the "University") could terminate Thomas Swift, a regular, exempt employee and a member of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (the "Union") with notice and without cause. The University's authority to do so depends on whether the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and the University abrogates the University's employment policy, as Mr. Swift argues, or whether the two can exist in parallel, as the University contends.

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