e.g., Williams v. Anne Arundel County, 334 Md. 109, 117-18, 638 A.2d 74 (1994); Barlow v. Friendship Heights Citizens Comm., 276 Md. 89, 92, 344 A.2d 415 (1975). 21 . The Zimmer-Rubert Court dealt with the distinction between a State agency and a county or municipality in the context of the Eleventh Amendment to the federal Constitution, which "applies only to 'one of the United States’ and ‘does not immunize political subdivisions of the state, such as municipalities and counties, even though such entities might exercise a "slice of state power.” ’ ” Zimmer-Rubert, 179 Md. App. at 596, 947 A.2d 135 (quoting Ram Ditta v. Md. Nat’l Cap. Park & Planning Comm’n, 822 F.2d 456, 457 (4th Cir.1987)). See also Norville v. Anne Arundel County Bd. of Educ., 160 Md.App. 12, 862 A.2d 477 (2004) (<HOLDING>), vacated on other grounds, 390 Md. 93, 887
holding that the supreme court of pennsylvania is a state entity for purposes of the eleventh amendment holding that the puc is not an arm of the state and rejecting claim of immunity holding that a county is not an arm of the state for purposes of the eleventh amendment holding that the anne arundel board of education is an arm of the state for purposes of eleventh amendment immunity holding that the university of colorado is an arm of the state for purposes of sovereign immunity