Howard C. Green v. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation

MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:

We publish this opinion because of the rarity with which the “Police Regulations” of the District of Columbia find their way into appellate decisions and because we desire to make available in published form the background, authority for, and legal validity of such regulations.

In August 1981, appellants were arrested without a warrant for shooting dice on a privately-owned parking lot in plain view of the arresting officers, who had been standing on a public sidewalk. The officers charged appellants under D.C. Police Regulations, Article 25, § 7 (hereinafter “§…