Legal Opinion
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Union Station Venture Limited
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 3, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2014-2188PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
This is a case about whose interests the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) serves when it spends money to repair damaged transit infrastructure in the Metrorail system — a proverbial third rail of this region’s politics. It is also, quite literally, a case about Metro’s third rail. On September 25, 2011, a sewer pipe burst under the (since-closed) America Restaurant in Union Station, and the water and other debris that leaked into the ground below impacted an underground electrical traction power…
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