CASTLE v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 14909.

270 F.2d 448 (1959)

William R. CASTLE et al., Appellants, v. Robert E. McLAUGHLIN et al., members of the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John H. Pratt, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief for appellee Robert E. McLaughlin and certain other appellees.

Mr. Eugene L. Goodridge, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John B. Letterman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Domain, Inc., and Lawrence N. Brandt.

Mr. Harold H. Tittmann, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Progressive Citizens Association of Georgetown, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Mr. Henry G. Beauregard, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Sheridan-Kalorama Neighborhood Council as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Mr. Dean F. Cochran, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Kalorama Citizens Association as amicus curiae, urging reversal. The Federation of Citizens Association of the District of Columbia, for whom Joseph Lapiana, Jr., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance, was allowed to join in the brief of the Kalorama Citizens Association, urging reversal.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 23, 1959.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment of the District Court which denied injunctive relief to the plaintiffs-appellants in a zoning case. The basic question raised is whether on the facts before it the District Court was correct in holding that a purported amendment to the D.C. Zoning Regulations was not invalid as to the area championed by appellants, as against appellants...

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