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MORRIS v. D.C. DEPT. OF EMP. SERVICES

No. 85-234.

530 A.2d 683 (1987)

Ulyses MORRIS, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lillard, III, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Michele Giuliani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for respondent.

Before NEBEKER, MACK and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

For the first time, we are presented with a substantive case involving the "Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1981" ("the Act"), D.C.Code §§ 3-401 et seq. (1986 Supp.).1 In October 1982, Ulyses Morris, Jr., age 16, was fatally shot in front of his home. His parents (petitioners) filed a claim that was denied by the Office of Crime Victims Compensation (OCVC), a branch of the Department...

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