Legal Opinion
Congress v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 18, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2017-0907Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TRINA CONGRESS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-cv-907 (CRC) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This employment discrimination case rests on an unusual set of facts. A 2013 District of Columbia Public Schools (“DCPS”) investigation found that a school employee, Trina Congress, improperly claimed D.C. residency when registering her daughter at a D.C. public high school. Congress was charged non-resident tuition for the relevant enrollment period as a result of the transgression but continued in her job as a teacher’s aide at…
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