Legal Opinion
American Federation of Government Employees v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 1, 2007No. 06-CV-35PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Associate Judge:
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is appealing an order of the Superior Court granting the motion of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) to dismiss a suit for attorneys fees that AFGE had filed under the Back Pay Act of 1966, 5 U.S.C. § 5596 (2000) (BPA). The claim for attorneys fees was based on AFGE having successfully engaged in arbitration on behalf of one of its members who had been suspended from his job at WASA. AFGE now asserts that the Superior Court erred in ruling that the Back Pay Act (the Act) did not grant an…
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