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  • Kelly v. United States

    580 A.2d 1282 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 26, 1990

    Agent Sauve then stepped closer to Kelly and Beard, reached into the shopping bag, and took out the brown paper bag. … When you have a brown paper bag in a shoe of something you are carrying, and you say, “I don’t know,” that immediately, I think, gives rise to a suspicion that it is contraband. Citing United States v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Hessey v. Burden

    584 A.2d 1 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 8, 1990

    In District of Columbia v. … In District of Columbia v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • In Re Sawyer

    953 A.2d 1019 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 17, 2008

    No exceptions to the Board’s Report and Recommendation have been filed. … Sawyer v. Kentucky Bar Association, File No.2007-SC-000297-KB (June 21, 2007). 3 . See Kentucky Supreme Court Rule 3.130-8.3(b) and its identical equivalent in D.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(b).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Thomas v. Buckley

    176 A.3d 1277 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 12, 2017

    See Logan v. … In the context of historic landmark preservation, the Historic Preservation Review Board “is empowered to ‘designate and; maintain a current inventory of historic landmarks-’” Embassy Real Estate Holdings, LLC v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • In Re Schneider

    553 A.2d 206 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 24, 1989

    The Board unanimously recommends to us a six-month suspension. Schneider makes two arguments before us attacking the recommendation of the Board. … Stratmore v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Matter of Solerwitz

    601 A.2d 1083 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 31, 1992

    By the same order, we directed the Board on Professional Responsibility to institute a formal proceeding to determine the nature of the final discipline to be imposed; we requested the Board specifically to review the elements … See People v. Gorton, 60 Misc.2d 833 , 304 N.Y.S.2d 69 (1969) (removing magazine from library because it contained what defendant regarded as obscene passage lacked felonious intent necessary to establish larceny).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Culp v. United States

    486 A.2d 1174 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 18, 1985

    Jackson v. United States, 357 A.2d 409, 411 (D.C. 1976). Such a defense, however, “must have some reasonable basis.” Id.; Gaetano v. … McGloin v. United States, 232 A.2d 90, 91 (D.C.1967).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Kincade v. Wah

    38 A.2d 112 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 22, 1944

    Larsen v. Northland Transportation Co., 292 U.S. 20 , 54 S.Ct. 584 , 78 L.Ed, 1096; Brown v. Brown, 74 App.D.C. 309 , 122 F.2d 219 ; Smith & Gottlieb, Inc. v. Cheatham, D.C. Mun.App., 31 A.2d 676 ; Scholl et al. v. … Bedrosian v. Wong Kok Chung, D.C.Mun.App., 33 A.2d 811 . The judgment is reversed with instructions to grant a new trial. Reversed. Code 1940, § 11—735.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • McLean v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

    506 A.2d 1135 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 28, 1986

    Arthur v. District of Columbia Nurses’ Examining Board, 459 A.2d 141, 146 (D.C.1983) (citing In re Dwyer, 399 A.2d 1, 12 (D.C.1979); Monaco v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning, 409 A.2d 1067, 1070 (D.C.1979)). … E.g., Pendleton v. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, 449 A.2d 301, 307 (D.C.1982).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • In Re Cloud

    939 A.2d 653 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 28, 2007

    Cloud argues should have been considered by the Board, the evidence was more than sufficient to support its findings and, in light of such cases as Anderson and Utley , its recommendation. V. … See Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Reid, 666 A.2d 41, 42-44 (D.C.1995). 3 . Ms. Dean was offered the $24,000 settlement as a result of negotiations by her previous attorney, Kathleen Dolan.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In Re Berryman

    764 A.2d 760 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 28, 2000

    See Berryman v. Thorne, 700 A.2d 181 (D.C.1997). The Hearing Committee found that, “by depositing the estate funds of $939.84 into the Citizens Account, [Ms. … Inst. of Architects v. District of Columbia Dep’t of Employment Servs., 594 A.2d 83, 87 (D.C.1991)). Thus, the Board owed no deference to the Hearing Committee’s finding of negligent misappropriation.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • In re Nathaniel H. Speights

    189 A.3d 205 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 26, 2018

    Bar Ass’n v. … V. We consider, finally, the Board‟s recommendation of a two-year suspension coupled with a required showing of fitness.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia v. Fisher

    258 A.2d 456 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 7, 1969

    the authority to review decisions made by the Board of Appeals and Review. … We hold that the government is collaterally estopped to re-litigate this issue in a criminal prosecution against appellee. 8 United States v. Baltimore & O. R. R., 229 U.S. 244 , 33 S. Ct. 850 , 57 L.Ed. 1169 (1913).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Jackson v. United States

    232 A.2d 576 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 10, 1967

    See also Brown v. United States [ 125 U.S.App.D.C. 220 , 370 F.2d 485 ] No. 20,041, Decided November 10, 1966. … Walker v. United States, 124 U.S.App. D.C. 194, 363 F.2d 681 (1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 922 , 87 S.Ct. 922 , 17 L. Ed.2d 794 (1967); Hood v. United States, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 16 , 365 F.2d 949 (1966) ; Brown v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Bostic v. Henkels and McCoy, Inc.

    748 A.2d 421 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 6, 2000

    See also Chance v. … See also Gerber v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Davis v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

    481 A.2d 128 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 24, 1984

    See Richland School District v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 459 A.2d 1358, 1360 (Pa.Cmwlth.1983); Patrick v. … See Bornstein v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 69 Pa.Cmwlth. 521, 523-24 , 451 A.2d 1053, 1055 (1982); Hansen v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 54 Pa.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • In re Farren

    118 A.3d 217 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 25, 2015

    PER CURIAM: The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility *218 recommends that respondent J. Michael Farren be disbarred. We accept the Board’s recommendation. I. … State v. Murray, 254 Conn. 472 , 757 A.2d 578, 583 (2000).'

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • In re Paul

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 20, 2023

    .”); Krouse v. … See Imbler v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In Re Zeiger

    692 A.2d 1351 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 24, 1997

    Bar Counsel supports the Board’s report and recommendation. … Molovinsky v. Monterey Cooperative, Inc., 689 A.2d 531 n. 7 (D.C.1996) (quoting Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd. Partnership, 507 U.S. 380, 396 , 113 S.Ct. 1489, 1499 , 123 L.Ed.2d 74 (1993)).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Cosgrove v. United States

    411 A.2d 57 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 24, 1980

    For example: Cardaropoli v. … App.D.C. 325, 97 F.2d 182 (1938) (District of Columbia prisoners may be incarcerated in federal institutions and are subject to federal parole board jurisdiction; and Currey-Bey v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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