Stanley Company of America v. Walter N. Tobriner, Commissioners of the District of Columbia

As the general factual background of the instant appeal is delineated in the majority opinion, I shall merely emphasize those topographical features of the case which lead me to dissent.

The pertinent sides of appellant’s building face due south and west, respectively, the southward-looking portion being bounded by E Street, N. W., on the south, the westward-looking portion being bounded by Thirteenth Street, N. W., on the west. Directly across E Street, and standing squarely between appellant’s building and Pennsylvania Avenue, is a large, new, modern office building; directly across…