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- Title: District Columbia v. Greater Washington
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 28, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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PRYOR, Associate Judge: This case presents the issue of whether the District of Columbia Council exceeded its legislative authority under the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, D.C. Code 1981, §§ 1-201 et seq., (Self-Government Act), when it enacted the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act of 1979, D.C. Law 3-77, 27 D.C. Reg. 2503 (1980) (codified at D.C. Code 1981, §§ 36-301 et seq.), and repealed the existing workmen's compensation legislation applicable to the private sector in the District of Columbia. The trial court concluded that it did. In addition, we are asked to decide whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the Greater Washington Board of Trade's motion for leave to intervene in the action below. We conclude that the trial court erred in ruling that the Council exceeded its authority in enacting the Workers' Compensation Act, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Greater Washington Board of Trade's motion to intervene. Accordingly, we reverse in part and affirm in part. I