Legal Opinion
White v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 2008No. 07-CV-407PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
A jury awarded White damages for breach of contract against his former employer, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (“WASA” or “the Authority”), in the wake of White’s discharge from the employment in 2003. 1 White’s main argument on appeal is that the trial court erroneously refused to award him attorney fees under the Federal Back Pay Act (FBPA), 5 U.S.C. § 5596 (2008). Although in general “the [F]BPA has been superseded in the District of Columbia by the [District’s] Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act [or CMPA, see D.C.Code § 1-601.01 et seq. (2001) ],” Mitchell v. District…
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