FEDOROV v. U.S.

Nos. 88-240, 88-242, 88-531.

600 A.2d 370 (1991)

Veronica FEDOROV, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Stephanie G. DONNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Dana MELLECKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol S. Steiker, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., argued for appellants. James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants. Charlotte M. Connery-Aujla, Davidsonville, Md., Sharon Terry, and Grace M. Lopes, Supervising Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, John D. Bates, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the petition for rehearing en banc, for appellee.

David M. Becker, Andrew D. Roth, Arthur B. Spitzer, and Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area, as amicus curiae.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


ON REHEARING EN BANC

FERREN, Associate Judge:

In mid-November 1987, appellants Fedorov1 and Donne were arrested for refusing to leave the Farragut West Metro station after hours. They were engaged in a political demonstration protesting erection of a fence and locked gate to keep out the homeless at night. Appellant Mellecker was arrested in early December 1987 for refusing to leave the Farragut West station during a similar...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

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.

Citing Cases