Case Name: Patricia Ann HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1993-01-15
Citations: 982 F.2d 572
Docket Number: No. 91-7112
Parties: Patricia Ann HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.
Judges: Before: RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 982
Pages: 572–576

Head Matter:
Patricia Ann HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.
No. 91-7112.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Nov. 20, 1992.
Decided Jan. 15, 1993.
As Amended Jan. 15, 1993.
Thomas Fortune Fay was on the brief, for appellant.
Bruce P. Heppen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, with whom Robert L. Polk, Gen. Counsel, and Gerard J. Stief, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority were on the brief, for appellee.
Before: RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
It is the judgment of this court, in which all three judges concur, that the judgment of the district court be vacated and the case remanded for a new trial. As explained in the opinions of the three judges that follow, the "claims-minded-plaintiff" instruction given by the magistrate judge was improper.