National Broadcasting Co. v. District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights

ORDER

On consideration of the petition by the District of Columbia for rehearing en banc, the amicus curiae brief of the Women’s Legal Defense Fund in support thereof, and petitioner’s response thereto, and it appearing that the majority of the judges of this court has voted to deny respondent’s petition for rehearing en banc, it is

ORDERED that the aforesaid petition for rehearing en banc is denied.

Statement of reasons for voting to deny rehearing en banc.

FERREN, Associate Judge, with whom NEWMAN, Chief Judge, joins:

I vote to deny en banc review because there no longer is a justiciable merits…