Legal Opinion
Slack v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 30, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2016-0130Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ROBYN SLACK, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:16-cv-00130 (TNM) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Robyn Slack lost her job at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, after refusing to act as the sole point of contact for a procurement contract, which she believed would have violated the law. She sued WMATA for unlawful retaliation and her supervisor, Judy Mewborn, for defamation. WMATA has moved to dismiss two of Ms. Slack’s retaliation claims, which arise…
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