WASHINGTON TEACHERS' v. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Nos. 06-CV-1071, 06-CV-1072.

960 A.2d 1123 (2008)

WASHINGTON TEACHERS' UNION, LOCAL # 6, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, District of Columbia Board of Education, Clifford B. Janey (Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools), Appellees, and AFSCME, District Council 20, Local 2921, AFL-CIO, Appellant, v. District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia Board of Education, Clifford B. Janey (Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools), Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda C. Zwack, with whom Lee W. Jackson, Anton G. Hajjar, and Melinda K. Holmes, were on the brief, Washington, for appellants.

Holly M. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, District of Columbia, Linda Singer, Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before REID, GLICKMAN, and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

This case involves a dispute as to whether the Superior Court ("the trial court") or the Office of Employee Appeals ("OEA") should exercise initial jurisdiction over appellants' claims, as they are articulated in separate complaints filed by the Washington Teachers' Union, Local #6 ("WTU") and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 20, Local 2921, AFL-CIO ("AFSCME") (collectively, "appellants"). In...

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