Legal Opinion
District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 2005No. 03-CV-549, 03-CV-560PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
In November 2002, the voters of the District of Columbia approved and adopted the “Treatment Instead of Jail for Certain Non-Violent Drug Offenders Initiative of 2002,” which provided for substance abuse treatment as an alternative to incarceration for certain drug offenses. The District of Columbia brought suit to invalidate the initiative on the ground that it fell within the exclusion from the initiative process of “laws appropriating funds.” D.C.Code § 1-204.101(a) (2001); see also D.C.Code § 1-1001.16(b)(1). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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