National Asphalt Pavement Ass'n v. Prince George's County

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• Holding that state laws regarding employment discrimination did not impliedly preempt local employment discrimination ordinances because the state legislation was not “extensive” and did “not comprehensively cover the entire field”
• giving weight to the agency’s interpretation of its own jurisdiction in relation to the courts’
• State legislation aimed at employment discrimination has not preempted the field, and Prince George’s County is entitled to enact local ordinances prohibiting employment discrimination
• The “ ‘presumption of statutory construction that the Legislature acts with the knowledge of existing laws,’ ” coupled with the later statute’s failure to mention the existing law, is an indication that the Legislature intended that the existing law remain viable

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