GALISON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 12196, 12439.

402 A.2d 1263 (1979)

Edward GALISON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. Leonard R. GOLDSTEIN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Scherr, Washington, D.C., for appellant Galison.

Joel M. Finkelstein, Washington, D.C., for appellant Goldstein.

Dennis McDaniel, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the case was argued, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Galison was convicted, after trial to the court, of one count of arranging for the placement of a child under sixteen years of age without having been licensed as a "child-placing agency."1 D.C.Code 1973, §§ 32-785, -788. Appellant Goldstein was convicted of three counts under the same code provisions. Each argued that Congress, in enacting the provisions...

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