McKENNA v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 86-5539.

829 F.2d 186 (1987)

Jacklyn McKENNA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Fiedler, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Patrick M. Regan, Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Roger C. Johnson and Carolyn McKenney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John G. Elligers, Associate General Counsel, WMATA, Washington, D.C., for appellee. Sara E. Lister, General Counsel, Carol A. Sigmond, Asst. General Counsel and Arnold I. Melnick, Deputy General Counsel, WMATA, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS and STARR, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SWYGERT.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge:

Jacklyn McKenna appeals the district court's dismissal of her complaint against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA),1 670 F.Supp. 7. We affirm the dismissal because, as the district court held, the WMATA Compact, D.C. Code Ann. § 1-2431, exempts WMATA from the Federal Employers...

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