Legal Opinion
Hessey v. Burden
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 1990No. 90-679PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
D.C.Code § l-1320(b)(l) (1987) provides that upon receipt of a proposed initiative for submission to the electors, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (the Board) “shall refuse to accept the measure if the Board finds that it is not a proper subject of initiative ... under the terms of title IV of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act....” 1 In this case the Board refused to accept a proposed initiative that, in relevant part, would create an Office of Public Advocate for Assessments and Taxation (OPA) with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Nixon v. Administrator of General ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. SchorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Morrison v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Bowsher v. SynarSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Umana v. Swidler & Berlin, CharteredDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Hessey v. BurdenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re Prosecution of CrawleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- Bergman v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Wilson v. KellyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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