TIMUS v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

No. 90-AA-465.

633 A.2d 751 (1993)

Carrie J. TIMUS, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Respondent. William J. Davis, Inc., Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Barr, with whom Thomas P. Olson and John P. Relman, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for petitioner.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for respondent.

Michael E. Brand, Washington, DC, for intervenor.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, FARRELL, WAGNER, KING, and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.*

The District of Columbia Human Rights Act, D.C.Code §§ 1-2501 to -2557 (1992) (the Act), "provides alternative avenues of redress—administrative or judicial"—for claims of unlawful discrimination. Brown v. Capitol Hill Club, 425 A.2d 1309, 1313 (D.C. 1981). An obvious purpose of the administrative avenue is to afford persons claiming discrimination a less formal...

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