Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Washington Home Ownership Council, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 28, 1980No. 79-1053PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This case presents one question: under the District of Columbia Self-Government *1350and Governmental Reorganization Act (Home Rule Act), D.C.Code 1979 Supp., § l-146(a), does the District Council have authority to respond to “emergency circumstances” by adopting successive, substantially identical 90-day acts addressed to the same, ongoing emergency, without a second reading or congressional review, as is required for passage of permanent legislation? Alleging that the Council does not have such authority, The Washington Home Ownership Council, Inc. (WHOC)1 brought a…
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