In a dispute over when the District of Columbia should hold its first election for an attorney general, the city’s highest court is staying out of the fray, at least for now.

The D.C. Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a trial judge’s decision to deny an injunction that would have required officials to put the attorney general position on the April 1 primary ballot. An attorney who wants to run for the job is challenging the D.C. Council’s decision to delay the first election until at least 2018.

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