FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 21-7059.

45 F.4th 954 (2022)

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT LABOR COMMITTEE, D.C. POLICE UNION, Appellant v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and Muriel Bowser, in her Official Capacity as Mayor of the District of Columbia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Conti argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Daniel J. McCartin .

Holly M. Johnson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, Caroline S. Van Zile , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Carl J. Schifferle , Deputy Solicitor General.

Before: Rogers, Millett, and Katsas, Circuit Judges.


This case involves federal constitutional challenges to a District of Columbia statute eliminating the right of D.C. police officers to bargain over procedures for disciplining individual officers. The police union contends that the statute violates equal protection principles, the Bill of Attainder Clause, the Contract Clause...

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