Thomas Circle Ltd. Partnership v. United States

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

On July 30, 1976, James Norris, the resident manager of a building located at 1402 M Street, N.W., was found guilty of operating a bawdy house. 1 Determining that such use of the building was a public nuisance, the trial court entered pursuant to D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2717, an order of abatement effective August 6, 1976. 2 The own ers of the building were not parties in the criminal proceedings but after the entry of the order of abatement, they moved the trial court to set aside the order urging that they had not participated in the unlawful use of the building…