Maryland Aviation Administration v. Noland

Opinion by

ELDRIDGE, J.

This is an action for judicial review of an adjudicatory administrative decision terminating the employment of a state governmental employee. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, while accepting the administrative findings of fact as being supported by substantial evidence, reversed the administrative decision on the ground that the termination sanction for the employee’s misconduct was “arbitrary.” The Court of Special Appeals, in an unreported opinion, affirmed. Both courts relied upon an earlier Court of Special Appeals’ case, Maryland State Retirement Agency v.…