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Breen v. DC POLICE FIREFIGHTERS RET. BD.
731 A.2d 843 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 4, 1999
BREEN, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT AND RELIEF BOARD, Respondent. No. 97-AA-272. District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Argued May 18, 1999. … The Board found petitioner was sixty-one percent disabled and thus entitled to an annuity of $15,834.38. Petitioner appealed this determination. In Breen v.
Cited 0 timesPublished592 A.2d 1036 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 11, 1991
See generally United States v. Goldblatt, 813 F.2d 619, 623-624 (3d Cir.1987). We also hold that second-degree fraud under the District of Columbia Code includes, as an essential element, an intent to defraud. … Within certain limits imposed by case law and by rule, the choice of an appropriate sanction in a given case is discretionary with the court or the Board.
Cited 14 timesPublished276 A.2d 123 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 15, 1971
Appellant denied placing any object under the seat or any knowledge of the brown envelope. 3 . See also United States v. Johnson, U.S. App.D.C., 442 F.2d 1239 (No. 23,900, decided March 22, 1971). 4 . … Chambers v. Maroney, supra, at 47 , 90 S.Ct. at 1979 .
Cited 16 timesPublishedLumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. District of Columbia
566 A.2d 480 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 15, 1989
See District of Columbia v. … is not supported by substantial evidence” the factual findings of the Board are final.
Cited 2 timesPublished50 A.3d 476 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 9, 2012
Brown informed police that he gave “Shorty” $40 in exchange for nearly $200 worth of groceries. Brown told police that he did not know “Shorty’s” true identity. … Gorham v. United States, 339 A.2d 401, 403, 410 (D.C.1975); see also Brown v. United States, 683 A.2d 118, 128 *489 (D.C.1996) (referring to the "obvious prejudicial effect" of evidence of drug use). .
Cited 5 timesPublished524 A.2d 685 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 16, 1987
Dyson arranged to have Ruffin picked up at his sister’s home by Officer James Brown at around noon that day. … Furthermore, like Williams, Brown added that Ruffin was not under arrest and that he had no reason to handcuff Ruffin. But also, like Williams, Brown did not testify that he had told Ruffin he was not under arrest.
Cited 27 timesPublishedGerber v. D. OF C. ALCOHOLIC BEV. CONT. BD.
499 A.2d 1193 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 31, 1985
Spevak v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, 407 A.2d 549, 553 (D.C.1979). … Spevak v. District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, supra, 407 A.2d at 555 .
Cited 0 timesPublishedCrowley v. North American Telecommunications Ass'n
691 A.2d 1169 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 10, 1997
He contended that Boland refused to meet with him or include him in board meetings, ignored his presence, and treated him in a hostile and unprofessional manner. … (citing Collins v. Brown, 268 F.Supp. 198, 200 (D.D.C.1967)). Therefore, dismissal of the claim on that basis would not be warranted given the allegations of the complaint and the posture of the ease.
Cited 99 timesPublishedDistrict of Columbia v. Billingsley
667 A.2d 837 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 27, 1995
Safeway Stores, Inc., 225 A.2d 312, 314 (D.C.1967) (quoting from Brown v. Alabama Foods, Inc., 190 A.2d 257 (D.C.1963)); see also Hughes v. District of Columbia, 425 A.2d 1299, 1302 (D.C.1981). … Brown's responsibilities were elicited during testimony at trial. 7 .
Cited 14 timesPublished2 A.3d 154 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 12, 2010
United States v. Uscinski, 369 F.3d 1243, 1246 (11th Cir.2004). … The Board’s Recommendation The Board makes two recommendations. 10 First, the Board recommends that respondent be disbarred, as a “substantially different discipline,” for intentional misappropriation of client funds.
Cited 0 timesPublished923 A.2d 868 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 3, 2007
Brown then called his friend Robin Milbourne to ask for a ride. When Milbourne arrived, Brown went with her to get gasoline. … See Moran v.
Cited 13 timesPublishedFW Berens Sales Co., Inc. v. McKinney
310 A.2d 601 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 19, 1973
Co., 186 F.2d 473, 481 (4th Cir. 1951); Where a school board failed to admit the plaintiffs as pupils solely because they were unwed mothers after a court had already held in another case in which the very same school board … See Shull v. Columbia Municipal Separate School District, supra, 338 F.Supp. at 1378 (“[T]he [school] board acted directly contrary to Judge Keady’s holding in Smith.
Cited 17 timesPublished490 A.2d 1118 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 8, 1985
See Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 242 , 89 S.Ct. 17 .09, 1711, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). … Freeman v. Commonwealth, 223 Va. 301 , 288 S.E.2d 461, 465 (1982).
Vacated by In re Wolff, 494 A.2d 932 (1985)Cited 18 timesPublished397 A.2d 554 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 31, 1979
Freeman contends, that an order of child support must take into account a parent’s ability to pay, see Brown v. Brown, D.C.App., 343 A.2d 59 (1975) (per curiam); Truslow v. … Hamilton v. Hamilton, D.C.App., 247 A.2d 421 (1968); Armstrong v. Armstrong, D.C.App., 241 A.2d 735 (1968); Kephart v.
Cited 16 timesPublished471 A.2d 1022 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 6, 1984
Murray v. District of Columbia, 358 A.2d 651, 653 (D.C.1976); Atkinson v. United States, 322 A.2d 587, 588 (D.C.1974). … Fletcher v. United States, 335 A.2d 248 , 250-51 n. 5 (D.C.1975); Wooten v. United States, 343 A.2d 281, 282 (D.C.1975).
Cited 16 timesPublished472 A.2d 1363 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 15, 1984
In Ungar Motors v. … Brown, supra, an exceptionally long delay may, in an appropriate case, permit a very narrow exception to the rule.
Cited 40 timesPublishedCandi Peterson v. Washington Teachers Union
192 A.3d 572 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 6, 2018
Utah Republican Party v. Cox , 177 F.Supp.3d 1343 , 1361 (D. Utah 2016). … Landis Machine Co. v. Omaha Merchs.
Cited 3 timesPublished407 A.2d 698 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 29, 1979
Thornton, 582 F.2d 993 (5th Cir. 1978) (stop by police upheld upon basis of description of a black male wearing a brown leather jacket and the person stopped was carrying a brown leather jacket near scene of crime); United … States v.
Cited 38 timesPublished509 A.2d 614 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 20, 1986
United States v. … He's got on a brown jacket. The other one's got a brown jacket on, blue [unintelligible,] a red white and blue knit cap. I'm gonna check em out anyway.
Cited 18 timesPublished57 A.2d 295 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 14, 1948
McWilliams v. Shepard, 75 U.S.App. D.C. 334, 127 F.2d 18 ; Yellow Cab Co. v. Sutton, D.C.Mun.App., 37 A.2d 655 . See also Lavender v. Kurn, 327 U.S. 645 , 66 S.Ct. 740 , 90 L.Ed. 916 . Of. Brown v. … Clancy, D.C.Mun.App., 43 A.2d 296 ; Capital Transit Co. v. Holloway, D.C.Mun.App., 35 A.2d 649 . See also Landfair v. Capital Transit Company, App.D.C., 1948, 165 F.2d 255 .
Cited 37 timesPublished
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