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  • In Re Huber

    708 A.2d 259 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 19, 1998

    See, e.g., Bingham v. Goldberg, Marchesano, Kohlman, Inc., 637 A.2d 81 , 95 n. 34 (D.C.1994). … See In re Gorfkle, 444 A.2d 934, 939-40 (D.C.1982); see also Zapata v. Zapata, 499 A.2d 905, 908 (D.C. 1985). 6 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Cohen v. Basiliko

    106 A.2d 142 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 21, 1954

    Burrows Motor Co. v. Davis, D.C.Mun.App., 76 A.2d 163 ; Gunn v. Brown, D.C.Mun.App., 59 A.2d 518 ; Trans-Lux Radio City Corp. v. Service Parking Corp., D.C.Mun.App., 54 A.2d 144 . See also Sheets v. … Gunn v. Brown, supra, 59 A.2d at page 519 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • In re Juliano

    912 A.2d 553 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 7, 2006

    See United States v. Juliano, Case No. 02-CR-310-3; judgment and sentencing order dated October 10, 2006. … Respondent has not filed any exceptions to the Board’s report and recommendation. We therefore accept the Board’s findings and adopt its recommendation. See D.C. Bar R.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Matter of Miller

    553 A.2d 201 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 24, 1989

    MACK, Associate Judge: On this appeal the basic issue is whether a sanction of one year’s suspension recommended by the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) for a violation by respondent of Disciplinary Rule 1-102 … The Board avoids this question by concluding that even if the lower standard is applicable, respondent has failed to meet this burden. Other courts have adopted the higher standard. See Attorney Grievance Comm’n v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • In Re Pleshaw

    2 A.3d 169 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 12, 2010

    On review, the Board affirmed all of the hearing committee’s findings of disciplinary violations, with the exception of its finding of negligent misappropriation of conservator funds. 4 The Board disagreed with the hearing … See M.A.P. v. Ryan, 285 A.2d 310, 312 (D.C. 1971) ("[N]o division of this court will *175 overrule a prior decision of this court[;] ... such result can only be accomplished by this court en banc."). 25 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Angarano v. United States

    329 A.2d 453 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 2, 1974

    Action, 217 So.2d 323 (Fla.1969) (Should the Board of Governors on behalf of the Bar advocate electoral support for revised Constitution); Sams v. Olah, supra (Whether the State Bar Act was constitutional); Button v. … Accord, United States v. Brown, 155 U.S. App.D.C. 177, 179, 476 F.2d 933, 935 (1973); United States v. Thompson, 154 U.S.App.D.C. 347, 348 , 475 F.2d 931, 932 (1973). See also Marshall v.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • Matter of Burton

    472 A.2d 831 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 11, 1984

    In Simmons v. … In Johnstone v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Grillo v. National Bank of Washington

    540 A.2d 743 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 31, 1988

    The Board of Directors *746 approved this plan and did not later disavow the general desirability of safety glass. … Fed.R.Evid. 407 (emphasis supplied); see also Boeing Airplane Co. v. Brown, 291 F.2d 310 (9th Cir.1961).

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • In Re Rogers

    902 A.2d 103 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 22, 2006

    See Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 50 , 111 S.Ct. 2123 , 115 L.Ed.2d 27 (1991). … Bar Board of *105 Governors in 1985.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Galberth v. United States

    590 A.2d 990 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 30, 1991

    Brown v. Texas, supra, 443 U.S. at 50-51 , 99 S.Ct. at 2640 ; see also Sitz, supra, 110 S.Ct. at 2485 (applying the Brown v. Texas balancing test to sobriety checkpoints). Applying the Brown v. … We conclude that under either reading of Judge Dixon’s finding, the roadblock cannot survive the Brown v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • In Re Hewett

    11 A.3d 279 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 13, 2011

    Williams v. United *289 States, 441 A.2d 255, 260 (D.C.1982). … The Board found that "it was not uncommon for conservators to be late” in filing their annual accounts. 3 . The Board’s majority report, authored by Irvin B. Nathan, was joined by five other Board members.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Mozick v. Mozick

    245 A.2d 643 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 5, 1968

    The application of the rule of res judicata in cases like this was well-stated by the court in Brown v. Brown, 74 U.S.App. … But see Novak v. Novak, D.C.App., 212 A.2d 341 (1965); Unger v. Unger, D.C.Mun.App., 174 A. 2d 84 (1961) ; Dowdy v. Hawfield, 88 U.S.App.D.C. 241 , 189 F.2d 637 (1951).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In Re O'Toole

    877 A.2d 151 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 23, 2005

    Neither respondent nor Bar Counsel has filed an exception to the Board’s recommendation. Therefore, we adopt the recommendation of the Board. See D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(g). … See Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. O’Toole, 379 Md. 595, 598-600 , 843 A.2d 50, 52-53 (2004).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • In Re Bernstein

    707 A.2d 371 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 22, 1998

    STEADMAN, Associate Judge: The Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) found that respondent Kenneth H. … Committee on Legal Ethics v. Hazlett, 179 W.Va. 303 , 367 S.E.2d 772 (1988) (under West Virginia version of Rule 1.16(d), lawyer cannot condition the return of a client's file on the execution of a general release). 8 .

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Jones v. United States

    391 A.2d 1188 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 18, 1978

    When the man on the passenger side got out, the officer saw a greenish weed on the right front seat in a brown transparent wrapper, and numerous small brown envelopes on the rear seat. … In Terry v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • In re Kroll

    43 A.2d 706 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 25, 1945

    Huff v. O’Bryant, 74 App.D.C. 19 , 121 *708 F.2d 890 ; U.S.C.A. Title 5, § 133t, Plan No. II, Part 1, Sec. 3; Code 1940, § 32-810. Code 1940, § 11 — 906. … Mattingly v. Com., 171 Ky. 222 , 188 S.W. 370, 371 . See also State ex rel. Berry v. Superior Court, 139 Wash. 1 , 245 P. 409 , 45 A.L.R. 1530 and annotation; 31 Am.Jur., Juvenile Courts and Offenders, Sec. 22.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Hardwick

    859 A.2d 1063 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 7, 2004

    Attorney Grievance Comm’n of Md. v. … XI, § 11(d), and referred the matter to the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • American Federation of Government Employees v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority

    942 A.2d 1108 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 1, 2007

    District of Columbia v. … Had AFGE merely appealed to the Board the refusal of the arbitrator to award attorneys fees, the Superior Court could thereafter have reviewed the Board's ruling. D.C.Code § 1-617.13(c) (2001); see also Gibson v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Pierson

    690 A.2d 941 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 28, 1997

    TERRY, Associate Judge: The Board on Professional Responsibility (“the Board”) has recommended that respondent be disbarred. … Pierson appeared in the Superior Court on behalf of the defendant-tenant in Elenar Associates Limited Partnership v. Urban Shelters & Health Care Systems, Inc.

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • In Re Stiller

    725 A.2d 533 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 25, 1999

    The Board on Professional Responsibility (“the Board”), in Bar Docket No. 430-88, concluded that Mr. … In January 1994 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Ratzlaf v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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