DISTRICT OF COL. BD. OF ELECTIONS v. JONES

Nos. 84-105, 84-109 and 84-187.

481 A.2d 456 (1984)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Appellant, v. Phinis JONES, Appellee. GREATER WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE, Appellant, v. Phinis JONES, Appellee. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Phinis JONES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Lewis, Washington, D.C., with whom Cecily E. Collier, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics.

James M. Christian, Washington, D.C., with whom Jeffrey L. Berger, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant Greater Washington Board of Trade.

Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corporation Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant District of Columbia.

Matthew S. Watson, Washington, D.C., for appellee Phinis Jones.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment, and the grant of summary judgment to appellee Phinis Jones. Jones' action in the nature of mandamus requested the Superior Court to order the Board of Elections and Ethics to accept his proposed initiative, the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Initiative of 1984, as a proper subject of the initiative process pursuant to ...

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