JONES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civ. A. Nos. 3169-61, 3318-61.

212 F.Supp. 438 (1962)

Roscoe L. JONES et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Defendant. The ELLEN REAL ESTATE CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedlander & Friedlander, Mark P. Friedlander, Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs Roscoe L. Jones and others.

Jackson, Gray & Laskey, Thomas S. Jackson, Darryl L. Wyland, Austin P. Frum, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Ellen Real Estate Corp. and others.

Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, John A. Earnest, George H. Clark, and James M. Cashman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for District of Columbia.


KEECH, District Judge.

These actions against the District of Columbia and the Commissioners thereof were originally brought by certain named owners and operators of rooming houses in the District of Columbia. Subsequently the cases were enlarged into class actions on behalf of rooming house, apartment house, and tenement owners and operators similarly situated, and were consolidated for trial. The actions challenge the validity of Articles 8 through 8-I of the 1961...

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