Potter Stewart,
Kent v. United States — Dissent
“ Our general practice is to leave undisturbed decisions of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concerning the import of legislation governing the affairs of the District. General Motors Corp. v. District of Columbia, 380 U.S. 553, 556, 85 S.Ct. 1156, 14 L.Ed.2d 68. It appears, however, that two cases decided by the Court of Appeals subsequent to its decision in the present case may have considerably modified the court's construction of the statute. ”
