LUMEN EIGHT MEDIA v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 20-CV-316 & 20-CV-317.

279 A.3d 866 (2022)

LUMEN EIGHT MEDIA GROUP, LLC, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. CLPF-CC Pavilion, et al., Appellants, v. District of Columbia, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Cerreta , Hartford, CT, of the Bars of the States of New York and Connecticut, pro hac vice, by special leave of the court, with whom Steven A. Cash , Washington, DC, Adam K. Grant , New York, NY, of the Bar of the State of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of the court, and Christopher A. Klimmek , Hartford, CT, were on the brief, for appellant Lumen Eight Media Group, LLC.

Philip T. Evans , Washington, was on the brief for appellants Jamal's Darth Vader, LLC, Douglas Development Corp., Western D.C. Corporate Center, and CLPF-CC Pavilion.

Lucy E. Pittman , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, Caroline S. Van Zile , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Ashwin P. Phatak , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, Easterly, Associate Judge, and Fisher, Senior Judge.


These appeals arise from a dispute about whether District of Columbia law requires appellants to obtain permits before erecting certain signs on private property, and whether the Mayor may amend the applicable regulations by promulgating an emergency rule.

Appellants Lumen Eight Media Group, LLC,1...

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