GREEN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 82-1916.

710 F.2d 876 (1983)

Howard C. GREEN, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin A. Marshall, Takoma Park, Md., for appellants.

William J. Earl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., of the Bar of the Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Circuit Judge, and BAZELON and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:

We publish this opinion because of the rarity with which the "Police Regulations" of the District of Columbia find their way into appellate decisions and because we desire to make available in published form the background, authority for, and legal validity of such regulations.

In August 1981, appellants were arrested without a warrant for shooting dice...

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