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ATKINSON v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS & ETHICS

No. 91-688.

597 A.2d 863 (1991)

Richard ATKINSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Appellee. Rev. Albert Gallmon, Jr. & Committee for Strict Liability, Intervenors.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Dienelt, with whom Carl T. Rowan, Jr., Alexander P. Starr and Jerome D. Pinn, were on the brief, for appellant.

William H. Lewis, with whom Alice P. Miller, was on the brief, for appellee.

David A. Clarke, with whom Joshua M. Horwitz, was on the brief, for intervenors.

John Payton, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, filed a brief, for the District of Columbia, as amicus curiae.

Before FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Before us for expedited decision is a challenge to a proposed referendum measure to be submitted in November to the voters of the District of Columbia relating to potential liability of manufacturers, importers, and dealers of assault weapons for injury or death caused by the use of such a weapon in the District. Its disposition involves consideration of a unique feature of the legislative process in the District; namely, that a legislative...

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