Lower Court Holding in Wesby v. District of Columbia
Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
A group of late-night partygoers responded to a friend’s invitation to gather at a home in the District of Columbia. The host had told some friends she was moving into a new place and they should come by for a party. Some of them informally extended the invitation to their own friends, resulting in a group of 21 people convening at the house. With the festivities well underway, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a neighbor’s complaint of illegal activity. When the police arrived, the host [a woman who went by the name “Peaches”] was not there. The officers…
