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Fenty arms self with new lawyer to defend gun ban.(METROPOLITAN)
Washington Times, The, January, 2008
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Byline: Gary Emerling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Acting D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles yesterday said attorneys have filed the District's brief defending the city's gun ban before the Supreme Court, and he named a new lead lawyer to argue the case.
"We have the best team that could be assembled to argue this very important case," Mr. Nickles said at a press conference yesterday with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. "I exercised my judgment, and this team is superb."
The city's legal brief in the District of Columbia v. Heller case was filed yesterday. The ...
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