U.S. v. Washington, No. 92-3237 (D.C. Cir.) (12 F.3d 1128) (January 14, 1994) (Judge Patricia M. Wald)
Here the Court explained - and applied - the "supervening decision doctrine" which enables it to consider issues not raied at trial where the law has changed and rasing the issue would have been pointless under the law that existed.
Case held that under the supervening-decision doctrine, it may consider …
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