Legal Opinion
Levitz Furniture Corp. v. Prince George's County
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 10, 1987No. 1468PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOOM, Judge.
The Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission (Commission) found that appellant, Levitz Furniture Corporation (Levitz), had been guilty of racial discrimination when it fired a black employee, appellee Willie Parks, Jr. The Commission ordered Levitz to cease and desist from enforcing personnel policies in a racially discriminatory manner and to reinstate Parks with back pay of $48,249.96. When Levitz did not promptly comply with that order, Prince George's County, on behalf of the Commission, and Parks brought an action against Levitz, in the Circuit Court for Prince…
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