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DIST. OF COL. v. FRAT. ORDER OF POLICE

No. 94-CV-1324.

691 A.2d 115 (1997)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, METROPOLITAN POLICE-LABOR COMMITTEE, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, and Laurie P. McManus, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellants.

George B. Driesen, with whom Daniel G. Orfield, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

WAGNER, Chief Judge:

Appellant, the District of Columbia (District), appeals from an order of the trial court imposing sanctions on the District and its attorney, O. Gregory Lewis, pursuant to Super. Ct. Civ. R. 11 (Rule 11) for asserting a claim which it deemed to be barred by controlling legal precedent. The District argues that the trial court erred in imposing sanctions where it distinguished in its pleadings the only appellate decision which might be considered...

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