Legal Opinion
Wilburn v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 9, 2008No. 07-CV-287PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant Nadine Wilburn served for a time as the Interim Director of the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights (“OHR”) and, in 2003, she was on the short list of candidates being considered for appointment as permanent OHR Director. After then-Mayor Anthony Williams appointed someone else to the position, Wilburn sued appellees — the District of Columbia and Kelvin Robinson, the Mayor’s Chief of Staff — under the District of Columbia Whistleblower Protection Act (the “DC-WPÁ”). 1 She alleged that Robinson engineered Wilburn’s non-appointment in retaliation for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Carney, Darion M. v. Amer UnivCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Janice R. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. John E. White, and Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- Kenneth D. Huffman v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Johnson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Crawford v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Baumann v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- Sharma v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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