Court of Appeals of Maryland February 23, 2016, 45/15 (Fraternal Order of Police v. Montgomery County)

HEADNOTE: FOP v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY (S.T. 2015, No. 45)

IN AN ACTION BY A POLICE UNION CHALLENGING THE AUTHORITY OF A

CHARTER COUNTY TO USE ITS FISCAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO URGE

APPROVAL OF A LAW ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL THAT LIMITED

BARGAINING RIGHTS AND THAT HAD BEEN PETITIONED TO REFERENDUM,

THE COURT OF APPEALS HELD:

(1) THE COUNTY HAD SUCH AUTHORITY UNDER BOTH STATE AND

LOCAL LAW AND