Legal Opinion
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 4, 2016No. 14-CV-846PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
.STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) proposed to terminate the employment of an officer because of off-duty misconduct. However, an adverse action panel (AAP), after a hearing, recommended a penalty of only a thirty-day suspension. The issue before us is whether the MPD was nonetheless free to reject that recommendation of the AAP and instead to terminate the officer’s employment. The District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) ruled -that the MPD could not do so. We conclude that this was a reasonable interpretation of the controlling regulations…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hawkins v. HallDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Hutchinson v. District of Columbia Office of Employee AppealsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Owens v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Public Employee Relations Board v. Washington Teachers' Union Local 6District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Butler v. Metropolitan Police DepartmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2020
- Hensley v. D.C. Dep't of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2022
- Neill v. DC PERBDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2020