BOARD OF ED. OF BALTIMORE CTY. v. Zimmer-Rubert

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• concluding that Maryland school boards are state agencies and not “persons” under § 1983
• noting that county school boards are state agencies for purposes of sovereign immunity and discussing the waiver of the immunity of school boards contained in Md.Code (1973, 2006 RepLYol.
• stating, in connection with sovereign immunity, that this Court has “long considered county school boards to be State agencies”
• finding, after thorough analysis of the school district’s role as well as legal precedent, that “county school boards of Maryland are entitled to sovereign immunity”
• stating, in connection with sovereign immunity, that this Court has “long considered county school boards to be State agencies”
• advising courts that “[i]f statutory language is unambiguous when construed according to its ordinary and everyday meaning, then we give effect to the statute as it is written”

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