Legal Opinion
Turner v. Fraternal Order of Police
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1985No. 83-1213PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia enjoining enforcement of Paragraph 2 of Special Order 83-21 of the Metropolitan Police Department (“the Department”).1 Appellants Maurice Turner, Jr., Chief of Police, and the District of Columbia contend that the trial court committed error in granting the preliminary injunction and finding Paragraph 2 to be unconstitutional. We agree and reverse.
On March 2, 1983, Chief of Police Maurice Turner, in an effort to enforce the Department’s long-standing policy against the illicit use of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Carl A. Sanders v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- American Federation of Government Employees v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1986
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