WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS, INC. v. BARRY

Civil A. No. 93-0691 (JHG).

918 F.Supp. 440 (1996)

The WASHINGTON LEGAL CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Marion BARRY, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the District of Columbia, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Lester Ivens, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, DC, Katherine Dwyer McManus, Mark Douglas Wegener, Peder A. Garske, Martin F. Cunniff, Jill A. Tuennerman, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Joanne E. Caruso, Howrey & Simon, Los Angeles, CA, for Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Father McKenna Center of St. Aloysius Church, Frank Trinity, Lisa Goode, Patricia Kennedy, Diann Hammer, Sunny Kim, Franzin Melton, Angelina Easter, Tomikio Hall, Koya Harleston, Debra King, Tammy Montague.

Jesse P. Goode, Department of Human Services, Office of General Counsel-St. Elizabeths, Washington, DC, George C. Valentine, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, for Sharon Pratt Kelly, in her official capacity as Mayor of Washington, District of Columbia, Marion Barry, Jr.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

For nearly four years, plaintiffs, who are homeless families1 and their advocates, have strived to reform the District of Columbia's system for providing emergency housing assistance to homeless families, contending that the present system violates families' rights under the First and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution.2

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