Legal Opinion
Brown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1980No. 13670PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
This petition from the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) raises a problem which continues to provoke lively discussion among members of the legal community: regulation of the “revolving door” between government agencies and private law firms. 1
Our inquiry focuses in this case upon former members of the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel’s Office who, after leaving government tenure, allegedly repre sented parties whom they previously opposed before local agencies and courts. Petitioners contend that the resulting conflict of interest tainted the BZA proceeding…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,745 Dean Woods, and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Covington County Bank, Edward Hoglund v. Covington County BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Fasano v. Board of County Com'rs of Washington Cty.Oregon Supreme Court · 1973
- Smith v. Skagit CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Brown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Committee for Washington's Riverfront Parks v. ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Tenley & Cleveland Park Emergency Committee v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Brookens v. Committee on Unauthorized Practice of LawDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Kadish v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
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