David A. CLARKE, et al.
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 20, 1989.
Decided September 26, 1989.
As Amended November 8, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John C. Harrison, Associate Deputy Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, for appellant. John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen. at the time the brief was filed, and Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael Jay Singer and Alfred Mollin, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for appellant.
I. Michael Greenberger, with whom James R. Bird and Gregory E. Mize were on the brief, for appellees.
Lincoln C. Oliphant was on the brief for amici curiae U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives, urging reversal.
Michael Davidson, Senate Legal Counsel, and Ken U. Benjamin, Jr., and Morgan J. Frankel, Asst. Senate Legal Counsel, were on the brief for amicus curiae U.S. Senate, urging reversal.
Rex E. Lee, Carter G. Phillips, and Mark D. Hopson were on the brief for amici curiae Nat. Ass'n of Evangelicals, et al., urging reversal.
John Vanderstar, Nan D. Hunter, Arthur B. Spitzer, Elizabeth Symonds, and Austin P. Frum were on the brief for amici curiae American Civ. Liberties Union, ACLU of the Nat. Capital Area, and Unitarian Universalist Ass'n, urging affirmance.
Murray R. Garnick was on the brief for amicus curiae Washington Council of Lawyers, urging affirmance.
Philip W. Horton entered an appearance for amicus curiae Washington Council of Lawyers, urging affirmance.
Before EDWARDS and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges, and ROBINSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this case is whether Congress, consistent with the Constitution, can compel members of the Council of the District of Columbia ("the Council") to enact a particular piece of legislation. In response to a judicial decision construing District of Columbia law to bar Georgetown University from discriminating...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
