TURNER v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

No. 83-1213.

500 A.2d 1005 (1985)

Maurice TURNER, et al., Appellants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants.

Roger P. Widing, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Robert E. Deso, with whom Robert E. Greenberg, Washington, D.C., were on brief. Arthur B. Spitzer, Elizabeth Symonds, and Timothy S. Hardy, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Daniel J. Popeo and Paul D. Kamenar, Washington, D.C., were on brief for amicus curiae, Washington Legal Foundation, on behalf of appellants.

Before NEBEKER and BELSON, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia enjoining enforcement of Paragraph 2 of Special Order 83-21 of the Metropolitan Police Department ("the Department").1 Appellants Maurice Turner, Jr., Chief of Police, and the District of Columbia contend that the trial court committed error in granting the preliminary injunction and finding Paragraph 2 to be unconstitutional. We...

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