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FIREMEN'S INS. CO. OF WASHINGTON, D. C. v. WASHINGTON

No. 71-2009.

483 F.2d 1323 (1973)

FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY OF WASHINGTON, D. C. v. Walter E. WASHINGTON et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

James Brent Clarke, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee. William E. Miller and James V. Dolan, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Jean Camper Cahn, G. Dan Bowling and Michael Valder, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of The Urban Law Institute of Antioch College as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

In this suit against the District of Columbia, the Firemens' Fund Insurance Co. successfully challenged the validity of two insurance regulations adopted by the District of Columbia Council.

During 1969 and 1970, the Government Operations Committee of the Council conducted hearings on insurance problems in the District and uncovered what it termed an "insurance crisis." The hearings disclosed a widespread practice of refusing to underwrite...

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