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SPRING VALLEY WESLEY HGHTS v. D.C. BD.

No. 92-AA-980.

644 A.2d 434 (1994)

SPRING VALLEY WESLEY HEIGHTS CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, Respondent, and American University, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil B. Siegel, with whom William H. Mandir, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for petitioners.

John Payton, Corp. Counsel, at the time the statement was filed, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Maureen E. Dwyer, with whom Louis P. Robbins, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

The principal substantive question presented for our consideration is whether the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) correctly concluded that it lacked the authority to prohibit American University (the University) from occupying commercially zoned off-campus property for the purpose of constructing a new law school on that property. We sustain the BZA's construction of its own authority and hold that...

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