DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COM. CAUSE v. DIST. OF COL.

No. 86-7104.

858 F.2d 1 (1988)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMON CAUSE, et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Andrea C. Ferster, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS F. HOGAN, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals from a summary judgment entered for plaintiffs by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. We hold that the individual appellees have standing as municipal taxpayers to challenge expenditures by the District of Columbia government to influence the outcome of...

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