WATERS v. BARRY

Civ. No. 89-0707 (CRR).

711 F.Supp. 1125 (1989)

Simbi WATERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Marion BARRY, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Spitzer and Elizabeth Symonds, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the Nat. Capital Area, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Victor E. Long and Robin C. Alexander-Smith, Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Martin L. Grossman, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Arthur D. Burger, Chief, General Litigation Section, were on the briefs, Washington D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The District of Columbia, like most major metropolitan areas and many rural communities, is in the midst of a crisis. As the local and national media daily report, the sale and use of illicit drugs in the District of Columbia has combined in recent years with long-standing problems of economic and social inequity to create an unprecedented explosion of violence. The drug scourge...

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