Legal Opinion
Heffez v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 9, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-920PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CORCORAN, District Judge.
In this action plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages, as well as mandatory injunctive relief, against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), two officers of the Metro Transit Police (Hunter and Lee), and a subway station attendant (Williams). Plaintiff alleges that, in a series of incidents that took place on August 27, September 2 and September 3, 1982, he was verbally and physically assaulted, unlawfully arrested and imprisoned, and deprived of rights guaranteed him by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- McKethean v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Lorraine A. Beatty v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Tapp v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- KiSKA Construction Corp., U.S.A. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Kiska Const Corp v. WMATACourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
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