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MORRIS v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 84-5306.

781 F.2d 218 (1986)

Alfred MORRIS, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1986.

As Amended January 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Ontell, with whom Peg Shaw, Washington, D.C., was on brief for appellant.

Walter A. Smith, Jr., with whom Vincent H. Cohen, Robert B. Cave, Susan M. Hoffman and Keith R. Fisher, Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Arthur B. Spitzer, Elizabeth Symonds, Richard A. Frank and Michael E. Fine, Washington, D.C., were on brief for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area, urging reversal.

John J. Beall, Jr., Richmond, Va., was on brief for amicus curiae State of Maryland, et al., urging affirmance.

Before WRIGHT, BORK and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

Alfred Morris appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint against the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority ("WMATA"). See Morris v. WMATA, 583 F.Supp. 1522 (D.D.C.1984). We affirm the dismissal because, as the district court held, WMATA's limited sovereign immunity...

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