Fraternal Order of Police v. Williams.

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U.S. Appeals Court

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Fraternal Order of Police v. Williams, 375 F.3d 1141 (D.C.Cir. 2004). A correctional officers union brought a [section] 1983 action against the District of Columbia and District officials after several hundred officers were laid off at the same time that the number of inmates housed in the District's jail was increased. The district court dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and the union appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the district court did have subject matter jurisdiction of the union's [section] 1983 claim, but that...