Legal Opinion
Burton v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2003No. 01-CV-1195PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant, a former police officer, filed suit against the District of Columbia and three of his former supervisors, Lieutenant Joseph Fairley, Inspector Christopher Cooch, and Commander Lloyd Coward of the Metropolitan Police (collectively “the District”). The complaint alleged four theories of liability, 1 based on what appellant believed to have been retaliatory conduct by the District in response to his reporting of misconduct by Lieutenant Fairley. The gist of appellant’s claim was that these retaliatory acts made the workplace so unbearable for him that he was…
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