Legal Opinion
Michael Belton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 22, 1994No. 92-7248PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Michael Belton spent the evening of July 10, 1989 outfitted in a Batman cape, roaming the streets of Georgetown and taunting motorists. His blood alcohol level, measured when the evening’s revels came to a disastrous end, was .424 percent. (Under D.C.Code Ann. § 40-717.1 a level of .05 percent or more is prima facie evidence of being under the influence of alcohol.) Keith Brice, a bus driver for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), noticed Belton on his early evening…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Patrick D. Dant v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Ual Corporation and International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Eleanor T. Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Betty Joe Bowman v. Redding & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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