NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM of the District of Columbia, et al., Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable Joseph M. F. RYAN, Jr., Respondent.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 9, 1970.
Decided May 5, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.
David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, was on the brief, for respondent. C. Francis Murphy, Acting Corp. Counsel, also entered an appearance for respondent.
Allan Ashman and John M. Joyce, Washington, D. C., counsel for National Legal Aid and Defender Assn., filed a brief as amicus curiae.
Sherman L. Cohn, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for National Legal Aid and Defender Assn. and filed an amicus curiae brief as counsel for the Federal Bar Association's National Committee on Legal Assistance to the Poor.
Terry F. Lenzner, Jason I. Newman and Benjamin Stein, counsel for the Office of Economic Opportunity, filed a brief as amicus curiae.
Before KERN, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
KERN, Associate Judge:
The trial court sitting in the Domestic Relations Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions* assigned certain attorneys employed by the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) to represent defendant in proceedings initiated by indigent plaintiffs also represented by NLSP attorneys. Petitioners seek from us a writ of mandamus or prohibition against the court directing the cessation of such appointments...
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