Croson v. District of Columbia

ROBB, Associate Justice.

This writ of error to the police court involves the question whether the police regulation of the District of Columbia, requiring automobile drivers to exhibit permits when demanded by a police officer, applies to an employee of the United States government when driving an automobile owned by the government and on public business. Plaintiff in error was a government employee, and on April 1, 1922, while operating a government automobile, failed to exhibit the permit issued to him. After prosecution and conviction, he sued out this writ.

The District of Columbia, as a…