FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. METROPOLITAN AREA

No. 14-1332.

780 F.3d 238 (2015)

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE METRO TRANSIT POLICE LABOR COMMITTEE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gerard J. Stief , Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jonathan G. Axelrod , Beins, Axelrod, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert G. Ames , Maggie T. Grace , Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kathryn Pett , General Counsel, Janice L. Cole , Chief Counsel, Metro Transit Police, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Justin P. Keating , Beins, Axelrod, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.


This case involves a labor dispute between the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The dispute arose after WMATA fired two of its police officers, reinstated them pursuant to arbitration awards, and then fired the officers a second time after Maryland...

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