Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1982No. 81-1596PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This ease grew out of an incident in which the plaintiff, Caricia J. Fisher, was arrested by a police officer of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for violating a local ordinance prohibiting eating on WMATA trains. Fisher sued WMATA, the arresting officer, and the former sheriff of Arlington County, Virginia, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law against WMATA and its police officer for alleged constitutional and statutory violations incident to her arrest and detention by the arresting officer, and under §…
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