District of Columbia v. Wheeler

(dissenting) . For various reasons, the more important of which are hereinafter set forth, I find myself unable to concur with my associates in this case. Inasmuch as the majority opinion contains neither the applicable provisions of the statute nor the traffic regulation in issue, I am forced, in order to present the questions involved, to insert both herein.

The District of Columbia’s Traffic Act of March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1119), the only statute relied upon by the majority, is entitled “An act to provide for the regulation of motor vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the…