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  • Robinson v. United States

    606 A.2d 1368 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 17, 1992

    Brown v. United States, 464 A.2d 120, 123 (D.C.1983). … United States v. Sears, 663 F.2d 896, 904 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1027 , 102 S.Ct. 1731 , 72 L.Ed.2d 148 (1982), quoted in Brown, supra, 464 A.2d at 123 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Thompson v. United States

    745 A.2d 308 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 3, 2000

    Thompson and no lookout was for a brown paper bag .... ” Nor did Officer Timlick ever see or recover a brown paper bag from the Nissan. … Brown v. United States, 590 A.2d 1008, 1020 (D.C.1991) (citing Lawrence, 566 A.2d at 60 ). Thompson asserts “that the police seized him without probable cause or reasonable suspicion.”

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Arrington v. United States

    382 A.2d 14 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 13, 1978

    Relying on South Dakota v. Opperman, supra, the government seeks to sustain the seizure and examination of the brown bag and its contents as part of a routine inventory incident to the impoundment of appellant’s car. … See, e. g., Mayfield v. United States, D.C.App., 276 A.2d 123 (1971); United States v. Pannell, D.C.App., 256 A.2d 925 (1969); Williams v. United States, D.C.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Ellis v. United States

    834 A.2d 858 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 23, 2003

    Despite the clear teaching of Giles , appellant relies on language in Brown v. … In all events, because Giles was decided before Brown it is Giles , and not Brown , that is binding precedent. See Thomas v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia v. Heman Ward, Inc.

    261 A.2d 836 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 6, 1970

    In Kenny Construction Company v. … See, e. g., United States v. Joseph A. Holpuch Co., 328 U.S. 234, 236 , 66 S.Ct. 1000 , 90 L.Ed. 1192 (1946); United States v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Gross Ex Rel. Spears v. District of Columbia

    734 A.2d 1077 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 29, 1999

    Board of County Comm’rs v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397, 400 , 117 S.Ct. 1382 , 137 L.Ed.2d 626 (1997) (quoting Monell, 436 U.S. at 694 , 98 S.Ct. 2018 ; emphasis in original). … Board of County Comm’rs, supra, 520 U.S. at 405 , 117 S.Ct. 1382 .

    Declined to follow by District of Columbia v. Arnold & Porter, 2000 D.C. App. LEXIS 173 (2000)Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Thomas v. District of Columbia Department of Labor

    409 A.2d 164 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 13, 1979

    Williams v. Unemployment Compensation Board, D.C. App., 383 A.2d 345, 349 (1978), quoting Von Stauffenberg v. … Rizzitano v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, supra; Garvin v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 18 Pa.Cmwlth. 96 , 334 A.2d 854 (1975); Manjares v.

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • In re D.J.

    532 A.2d 138 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 19, 1987

    Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 , 99 S.Ct. 2637 , 61 L.Ed.2d 357 (1979). Citizens have no legal duty to talk to the police. See Cobb v. Standard Drug Co., 453 A.2d 110, 112 (D.C.1982). … Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 497-98 , 103 S.Ct. 1319, 1324 , 75 L.Ed.2d 229 (1983) (plurality opinion) (citations omitted); Brown v. Texas, supra, 443 U.S. at 52 , 99 S.Ct. at 2641 ; United States v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • In re Robinson

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 23, 2026

    See Murray v. D.C. Dep’t of Emp. Servs., 765 A.2d 980, 983-85 (D.C. 2001). We are similarly unpersuaded by the hearing committee’s criticism of Ms. … Kramer, is an attorney at Mayer Brown LLP and a member of the D.C. Bar. Mr. Kramer represented Ms.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • CLARENCE JACKSON v. ROBERT GEORGE

    146 A.3d 405 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 22, 2016

    Board of Trustees” (citing Chavez v. Jericho Baptist Ministries, Inc., Sept. Term 2013, No. 2604 (Md. App. … Franklin v. Jackson, No. DKC 14-0497, 2015 WL 1186599, *5-6 (D. Md. Mar. 13, 2015) (citing Board of Trustees of Jericho Baptist Church Ministries, Inc. v. Joel R. Peebles, Sr., et al., Case No.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Farley v. United States

    767 A.2d 225 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 8, 2001

    Davies v. … United States v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Henderson v. United States

    687 A.2d 918 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 12, 1996

    The seminal decision is (Pomeroy) Brown v. United States, 58 App.D.C. 311 , 30 F.2d 474 (1929). … See, e.g., (William) Brown v. United States, 546 A.2d 390, 392 (D.C.1988) (defendant in front passenger seat; handgun behind two front seats); Tucker v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Council of School Officers v. Vaughn

    553 A.2d 1222 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 31, 1989

    See also Greenhouse v. … Chancery Clerk v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP v. MULLEN MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

    123 A.3d 968 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 2, 2015

    Mullen defends the trial court’s ruling by citing our opinion in Brown v. … Although we could resolve this case by following this footnote in Brown, we decline to do so for two reasons. First, the court itself noted the statement was unnecessary to its holding. See Alfaro v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Dew v. United States

    558 A.2d 1112 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 3, 1989

    See also United States v. … By referring to Brown’s letters to Ross and merely calling it “questionable” whether Brown’s relationship with Ross “existed or had been formalized,” the court appeared to allow for the possibility that Brown had remained

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia v. Tarlosky

    675 A.2d 77 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 9, 1996

    He concluded: The House and Senate Committee Reports provide no hint that the “scheduled rate of compensation” phrase was meant to be limiting or that the equalization provision should in some way not cover across the board … See, e.g., United States v. Brown, 422 A.2d 1281, 1284 (D.C.1980).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Hunter v. United States

    548 A.2d 806 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 14, 1988

    In Willis v. … United States v. Masthers, supra, 176 U.S.App.D.C. at 249 & nn. 49-50, 539 F.2d at 728 & nn. 49-50 (citing Pate v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Jacobs v. United States

    399 A.2d 38 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 21, 1979

    (Burns v. United States, 287 U.S. 216, 222-23 , 53 S.Ct. 154, 156 , 77 L.Ed. 266 (1932) (citations omitted).] 7 Justice Frankfurter, speaking for the Court on the issue of abuse of discretion in Brown v. … . § 4255 (1976) in pertinent part states, “An offender who has been conditionally released shall be under the jurisdiction of the Board as if on parole under the established rules of the Board and shall remain, while conditionally

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Harrison v. United States

    407 A.2d 683 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 26, 1979

    She also testified that on that same day, appellant’s brown jacket was at the cleaners. I. … See Angarano v. United States, D.C.App., 312 A.2d 295 (1973); Bruce v. United States, 126 U.S.App.D.C. 336 , 379 F.2d 113 (1967). Also see Woody v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Howard University Hospital v. DC DOES and James M. Lyles

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 31, 2019

    Brown v. District of Columbia Dep’t of Emp’t Servs., 83 A.3d 739, 743 n.6 (D.C. 2014). … Code § 32–1508 (3)(V).” Brown, 83 A.3d at 743 n.6. In the present case, Mr. Lyles sought a schedule award under D.C. Code § 32- 1508 (3)(A) and (S), which govern the partial loss of use of an arm.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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