Legal Opinion
Freeman v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 2012No. Nos. 10-CV-1219, 10-CV-1510, 10-CV-1511, 11-CV-166, 11-CV-183, 11-CV-324PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellants/cross-appellees, eight Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) officers,1 brought suit in Superior Court under the District of Columbia Whistleblower Protection Act (“DCWPA”).2 Appellants’ whistleblower claims arose out of their ultimately unsuccessful efforts to secure off-duty employment as security guards at the then newly opened Gallery Place mall in downtown Washington, D.C. Appellants needed to obtain the MPD’s permission to engage in such off-duty work. The MPD granted this permission to about half of the officers, but in the end, Gallery Place…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Janice R. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. John E. White, and Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- Varner v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
- Stager v. SchneiderDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Christina Williams v. Robert JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
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