LEAHY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 87-7012.

833 F.2d 1046 (1987)

John C. LEAHY, Jr., Appellant v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Goldfarb, with whom Arthur Spitzer and Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG and STARR, Circuit Judges, and GESELL, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a first amendment free exercise clause challenge to the District of Columbia's requirement that applicants for driver's licenses provide the District with their Social Security numbers. The district court, based on a misreading of recent Supreme Court precedent, dismissed the case. Leahy v....

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