# District of Columbia v. Hudson

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · July 19, 1979 · 404 A.2d 175

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9759359

## Case

- **Full name:** DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Warren HUDSON, Appellee; UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Warren HUDSON, Appellee; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Michael Wayne JONES, Appellee; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Bruce James NAUGHTON, Appellee; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Christopher MATTHEWS, Appellee; UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Benjamin MACK, A/K/A Becton R. Speight, Appellee (Two Cases)
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** July 19, 1979
- **Citations:** 404 A.2d 175; 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1645; 1979 D.C. App. LEXIS 424
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Gallagher
- **Judges:** Newman, Kelly, Kern, Gallagher, Nebeker, Harris, MacK, Ferren, Reilly, Yeagley
- **Cited by:** 35 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- discussing uses of arrest records

## Opinion text

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge,
concurring:
I agree that an equitable relief should be fashioned for the petitioners in Hudson, Matthews and Mack. I reserve my opinion on Naughton until such time as there may be a record here on review after further proceedings. As to the first three appel-lees, Hudson, Matthews and Mack, I agree that we should undertake to “make them whole.” 1 The equitable remedy being invoked by the court may well be a suitable method to accomplish that purpose. I will await the result of the further proceedings, however, before I reach a final conclusion. I am assuming that in the process a searching review will be made by counsel of the experience gathered by the many states which utilize this and similar remedies. 2
. If I read the majority opinion correctly, appel-lee Jones has been written out of the case as not being entitled to relief.
. See, e. g., United States v. Hudson, D.C.Super.Ct. (Cr. No. 49590-74, Feb. 19, 1975, Memorandum Opinion at 24 n. 33), 103 Wash.D.L.Rptr. 377 (Feb. 28, 1975). In that footnote, reference is made to a summary of pertinent state laws prepared by the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service. That summary is readily available.

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