Virginia v. Reno

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this action, the Commonwealth of Virginia seeks to close the District of Columbia’s Lorton Correctional Complex (“Lorton”). Because Lorton lies outside the District of *573Columbia (“District”) and wholly within Virginia’s boundaries, the Commonwealth of Virginia argues that the District’s operation of Lorton exceeds the power granted the federal government under the Enclave Clause, U.S. Const., Art. I, § 8, cl. 17. The federal government and the District respond by asserting that it is the Property Clause, U.S. Const., Art. IV, § 3, cl. 2, not the…