Chevy Chase Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Council

This case has obliged the court to seek to reconcile two sets of statutes which are poorly mated. One is the Street Readjustment Act (SRA) ; the other is the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act (DCAPA). Centrally at issue is whether a hearing on a proposal to close a street, with the applicants’ proposing to acquire title to the land on which the street is located, may reach the level of being a contested case under the DCAPA. If so, it would bring into play such basic rights as cross-examination and the opportunity for both the proponents and the opponents of the street closing…