Legal Opinion
Barksdale v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 18, 2008No. 06-7193PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Chief Judge:
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) appeals an order of the district court remanding this case back to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, from which it had been removed at the instance of WMATA. We have jurisdiction to héar WMATA’s appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We hold the district court lacked the power to remand this case, and we return it to the district court for further proceedings.
I. Background
Created by an Interstate Compact, WMATA operates the mass transit system…
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