Merrick v. Board of Higher Education

How courts have described this case

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

• invalidating a personnel rule that conflicted with a statute because \the statute permits state officials to take personnel action against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation and the rules expressly prohibit discrimination on that basis * * *\
• court will construe statute so that it conforms with constitutional requirements “unless that construction is inconsistent with legislative intent or the express wording of the statute”

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