Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 13, 1988No. 86-1154PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Jordan brought this action against both his employer and his union. He sued his employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), for wrongful discharge, alleging that he had been fired in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, and he sued his union, Local 689 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, for an alleged breach of its duty of fair representation. The union moved for summary judgment on the ground that Jordan had failed to exhaust his internal union remedies, and WMATA moved for summary judgment on the ground that Jordan’s…
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