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

Filing 41

MEMORANDUM OPINION re: cross motions for summary judgment. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 06/20/13. (pmil)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT fiqjR1 THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

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JUN 2 0 2013
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE METRO

TRANSIT POLICE LABOR COMMITTEE,

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INC.,

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Plaintiff,

1:12cv1387 (LMB/JFA)
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA),
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police

Labor Committee, Inc. {"FOP") has brought this civil action

against defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
("WMATA"), seeking an Order reinstating two Metro Transit Police
officers pursuant to arbitration awards.

The parties have filed

cross motions for summary judgment, agreeing that no material

facts are in dispute.

For the reasons that follow, plaintiff's

motion for summary judgment will be granted, defendant's motion
will be denied, and judgment will be entered in favor of the
plaintiff.
I.

BACKGROUND

Defendant WMATA is an interstate compact agency and an

instrumentality of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of

Columbia.

B

WMATA operates the Metrorail and Metrobus systems in