Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police Labor Committee, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Reversed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a labor dispute between the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The dispute arose after WMATA fired two of its police officers, reinstated them pursuant to arbitration awards, and then fired the officers a second time after Maryland declined to recertify them as police officers in that state. The district court granted the FOP’s motion for summary judgment and ordered…