DEBEVOISE v. BACK

No. 9751.

359 A.2d 279 (1976)

Nancy M. DEBEVOISE, Appellant, v. Kenneth BACK et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Noterman, Washington, D.C., with whom Neil J. Cohen, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Dennis M. McHugh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Robert M. Brandon filed a brief on behalf of the Tax Reform Research Group and Jonathan Rowe as amici curiae.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from an order of the Superior Court dismissing plaintiff-appellant's amended complaint in a taxpayers' action.1 Appellant contends that the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint due to (1) lack of standing to sue; (2) lack of jurisdiction of the Superior Court to entertain a suit in the nature of mandamus where the relevant statutes did not set...

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