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  • In Re De Maio

    893 A.2d 583 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 2, 2006

    We adopt the Board’s recommendation. I. … Attorney Grievance Comm’n of Md. v. DeMaio, 379 Md. 571 , 842 A.2d 802 (2004). II.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • In Re Abrams

    689 A.2d 6 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 5, 1997

    In Scott v. … In Boyd v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • 4934, Inc. v. Washington

    375 A.2d 20 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 11, 1977

    Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad, 420 U.S. 546 , 95 S.Ct. 1239 , 43 L.Ed.2d 448 (1975); the moviemaker, Kingsley Pictures Corp. v. … Compare Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 , 93 S.Ct. 2607 , 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973), with Paris Adult Theatre I. v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 , 93 S.Ct. 2628 , 37 L.Ed.2d 446 (1973), and United States v. 12 200-Ft.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Harris v. Cafritz Memorial Hospital

    364 A.2d 135 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 20, 1976

    Lathon v. Hadley Memorial Hospital, D.C.App., 250 A.2d 548, 549 (1969); Burke v. Washington Hospital Center, 154 U.S.App.D.C. 253, 254 , 475 F.2d 364, 365 (1973); Brown v. … See also Haven v. Randolph, supra; Brown v. Keaveny, supra; Rodgers v. Lawson, 83 U.S.App.D.C. 281 , 170 F.2d 157 (1948). 5 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Ware v. United States

    672 A.2d 557 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 27, 1996

    Johnson, supra, 540 A.2d at 1091 ; see Alabama v. White, supra, 496 U.S. at 332 , 110 S.Ct. at 2417 (upholding Terry stop when “significant aspects of the [anonymous tip] were verified”); Brown v. … See Brown, supra, 590 A.2d at 1016 (“an anonymous telephone tip is of the “weakest reliability’ ”); Lawson v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Goggins v. Hoddes

    265 A.2d 302 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 5, 1970

    PER CURIAM: Appellant complained in the trial court that she was libelled when her employer filed an allegedly false report with the District Unemployment Compensation Board (hereinafter the Board) charging her with dishonesty … Simpson v. Oil Transfer Corporation, 75 F.Supp. 819 (N.D.N.Y.1948); Breuer v. Bo-Craft Enterprises, 8 Misc.2d 736 , 170 N.Y.S.2d 631 (1957); Stafney v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In Re Harper

    785 A.2d 311 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 8, 2001

    Accepting it would make of the Board proceedings a sort of “ ‘tryout on the road,’ ” Wainwright v. … the Board.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Matter of Anderson

    474 A.2d 145 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 26, 1984

    The suspension was based on Respondent’s guilty plea to the crime of false pretenses 1 , District of Columbia Code § 22-1301 2 , in United States of America v. Floyd W. Anderson, Criminal No. 81-00394 (DCCA 1982). … Upon notice, Respondent has not filed any pleadings with the Board.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Lennon v. United States

    736 A.2d 208 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 15, 1999

    Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977); accord, Byrd v. United States, 598 A.2d 386, 388-389 (D.C.1991) (en banc). … District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment, 642 A.2d 125, 128 (D.C.1994) (citing cases).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • In re Washington

    541 A.2d 1276 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 4, 1988

    Espinosa, 771 F.2d 1382 (10th Cir.1985); United States v. Spaar, 748 F.2d 1249 (8th Cir.1984). These cases are distinguishable on their facts. … . *1277 None of the facts found by the Board is contested by respondent, who filed no brief either with the Board or with us.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia Department of Public Works v. Colbert

    874 A.2d 353 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 5, 2005

    District of Columbia v. King, 766 A.2d 38, 44 (D.C.2001) (quoting Office of D.C. Controller v. Frost, 638 A.2d 657, 660 (D.C.1994)). … Co. v. District of Columbia Dep’t of Employment Services, 498 A.2d 563, 565 (D.C.1985) (citing Vitarelli v. Seaton, 359 U.S. 535, 539-40 , 79 S.Ct. 968 , 3 L.Ed.2d 1012 (1959); Dankman v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Mendes

    598 A.2d 168 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 23, 1991

    PER CURIAM: The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) recommends disbarment of respondent Fortunato Mendes pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-2503(a) (1989 Repl.). … See Mendes v. United States, 595 A.2d 972 (D.C.1991).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Feaster v. Vance

    832 A.2d 1277 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 2, 2003

    In United States v. … See International Tours & Travel, Inc. v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Matter of Velasquez

    507 A.2d 145 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 2, 1986

    The facts are fully set forth in Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. … Velasquez, 301 Md. 450 , 483 A.2d 354 (1984), and in the attached Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility (Board) dated April 15, 1985.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • In re Murdter

    131 A.3d 355 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 4, 2016

    XI, § 9(h)(1); Board Rule 13.7. … BOARD ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY v By: /TRB/ Thomas R. Bundy, III Dated: February 24, 2015 All members of the Board concur in this Report and Recommendation, except Jason E.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Knott v. Jackson

    31 A.2d 662 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 16, 1942

    In Brown v. Slocum the question now before us was not involved. … Later in Von Rosen v. Dean, 59 App.D.C. 359 , 41 F.2d 982, 983 , the court paraphrased its language in Brown v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Dingwall v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority

    766 A.2d 974 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 15, 2001

    In Simmons v. District of Columbia Armory Bd., 656 A.2d 1155 (D.C.1995) (per curiam), the plaintiff purported to bring an action against the District of Columbia Armory Board. … As with the Housing Authority in Braxton [v. Nat’l Capital Rous. Awth., 396 A.2d 215, 217 (D.C.1978) ], Congress has not authorized the Armory Board to be sued. Id. at 1157.

    Vacated by Dingwall v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, 2001 D.C. App. LEXIS 121 (2001)Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Norman v. United States

    20 App. D.C. 494 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 5, 1902

    , wilfully, and with malice aforethought did kill and murder the said Annie Brown. … Coffin v. United States, 162 U. S. 664 . Moreover, the instruction numbered three was simply a variation in language, and not in substance, of the instructions numbered one and two granted on behalf of the defendant.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • In Re Abrams

    662 A.2d 867 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 10, 1995

    See also Brown v. Walker, 161 U.S. 591, 599 , 16 S.Ct. 644, 647 , 40 L.Ed. 819 (1896) (the recipient of a pardon "stands with respect to such offence as if it had never been committed”); Armstrong v. … See Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 423 A.2d 210 , 216 n. 13 (D.C.1980). 27 . An early federal decision anticipated Williston's position.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Smith v. United States

    561 A.2d 468 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 11, 1989

    Streater v. United States, 478 A.2d 1055, 1058 (D.C.1984). We therefore may review his claim only for plain error. See Brown v. United States, 289 A.2d 891, 893 (D.C.1972). … See Dumas v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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