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Article: Sex Bias Pervades Md. Courts, Panel Finds;Discrimination Reported by Litigants, Judicial Candidates Alike
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- The Washington Post
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- May 4, 1989
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A team of state-appointed legal authorities concluded yesterday
that Maryland's courts are infected with pervasive discrimination
against women, from setting alimony payments too low to mistreating
female judicial candidates who are grilled on how they would care for
their children while on the bench.
The report, resulting from a two-year study by a committee of
judges and lawyers, gives few clues as to how many of the state's
judges or legal practitioners are guilty of bias against women. But
women's legal groups hailed the effort as a milestone in their
attempts to reverse what they view as a longstanding handicap in
court.
Circuit Judge Hilary D. Caplan of Baltimore, chairman of the ...