Legal Opinion
Waters v. Barry
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 24, 1989No. Civ. 89-0707 (CRR)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The District of Columbia, like most major metropolitan areas and many rural communities, is in the midst of a crisis. As the local and national media daily report, the sale and use of illicit drugs in the District of Columbia has combined in recent years with long-standing problems of economic and social inequity to create an unprecedented explosion of violence. The drug scourge and its accompanying violence tend to make victims of those who can bear it least: the poor, minorities and the disadvantaged.
The disease is undisputed; the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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