Clea v. Mayor of Baltimore

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “unlike other municipal or county police departments which are agencies of the municipality or county, the Baltimore City Police Department is a State agency”
• holding that “unlike other municipal or county police departments which are agencies of the municipality or county, the Baltimore City Police Department is a State agency”
• holding Police Department of Baltimore City to be a state agency for purposes of respondeat superior liability
• explaining that public officials performing discretionary functions enjoy a qualified immunity for tortious acts, meaning they are liable only if the acts were committed with malice
• refusing “to extend [public official] immunity to damage actions against public officials who violate Maryland constitutional rights”
• “General Assembly, and not the Baltimore City Council, has continued to be the legislative body enacting significant legislation governing the Baltimore City Police Department”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).