JONES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 17593, 17594.

323 F.2d 306 (1963)

Roscoe L. JONES et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee. The ELLEN REAL ESTATE CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 17, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., and Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants in No. 17,593.

Mr. Thomas S. Jackson, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Robert M. Gray, John L. Laskey, Lewis H. Barnes and Austin P. Frum, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants in No. 17,594.

Messrs. Hubert B. Pair and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, for appellee. Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, were also on the brief for the District of Columbia.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, WASHINGTON and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing by the Division Denied September 17, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 17, 1963.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases appellants, rooming house and apartment operators, are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the District of Columbia's attempt to enforce the fire safety provisions of "The 1961 Building Code of the District of Columbia." Presuming to act in behalf of all owners...

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