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  • Wisconsin-Newark Neighborhood Coalition v. District of Columbia Zoning Commission

    33 A.3d 382 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 22, 2011

    Petitioners argue that the Commission erred in (1) failing to refer the project to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (“BZA” or “Board”); (2) failing to enforce the Macomb-Wiscon-sin Neighborhood Commercial Overlay District’s … of the Board shall not be required” under 11 DCMR § 2405.8.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Shawn Smith v. United States

    180 A.3d 45 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 8, 2018

    Michael Brown was the young African-American man killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. See Brady , 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 . See ( Herbert ) Brooks v. … Melendez v. United States , 10 A.3d 147 , 152 (D.C. 2010) (alteration and brackets in original) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). Brown v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Global Van Lines, Inc. v. Kleinow

    411 A.2d 62 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 21, 1980

    Altoona Clay Products, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 367 F.2d 625, 629 (3rd Cir. 1966). 4 . Truth is a complete defense to a libel action. Ford Motor Credit Company v. Holland, D.C. … App., 367 A.2d 1311 , 1313 n. 1 (1977); Olinger v. American Savings and Loan Ass’n, 133 U.S. App.D.C. 107, 109, 409 F.2d 142, 144 (1969). 5 . Mohler v. Houston, D.C.App., 356 A.2d 646, 647 (1976); Brown v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Chesser v. Troiano

    61 A.2d 629 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 12, 1948

    See Schlosberg v. Shannon & Luchs Co., D.C.Mun.App., 53 A.2d 722 . Moore v. Burke, D.C.Mun.App., 45 A.2d 285 . Rheam v. Martin, 26 App.D.C. 181 ; Dillon & Co. v. Sharber, 19 Tenn.App. 488 , 90 S.W.2d 533 . Molt v. … Baumann, 65 App.Div. 445 , 72 N.Y.S. 832 ; Ham v. Brown Bros., 2 Ga.App. 71 , 58 S.E. 316 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia v. Singleton

    81 A.2d 335 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 12, 1951

    In Clark v. … Co. v. United States, 2 Cir., 206 F. 443, 445 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Byrd v. United States

    598 A.2d 386 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 15, 1991

    Albernaz v. United States, 450 U.S. 333, 334 , 101 S.Ct. 1137, 1140 , 67 L.Ed.2d 275 (1981), quoting Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977). … Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 168 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2226-27 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977) (“greater offense is ... by definition the ‘same’ for purposes of double jeopardy as any lesser offense included in it”).

    Disagreed with by Smith v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 1995 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 105 (1995)Cited 85 timesPublished
  • Catlett v. District of Columbia DOES WMATA

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 2, 2021

    Petitioner appealed to the DOES Compensation Review Board (“CRB”), which affirmed the ALJ’s order in its November 5, 2019, Decision and Order (“DO”). … Brown-Carson v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Swann v. Waldman

    465 A.2d 844 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 26, 1983

    Maddox v. Bano, 422 A.2d 763 (D.C.1980); Willis v. Cheek, 387 A.2d 716 (D.C.1978); Super.Ct.Civ.R. 56. … Winter v. Brown, 365 A.2d 381 (D.C.1976). Nor does section 21-120(a) invalidate the settlement of appellant’s survival action.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Mandel v. Lofton

    89 A.2d 880 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 27, 1952

    In Stannard v. … For eases involving statutes, see Woods v. Brown, 207 Iowa 944 , 223 N.W. 868 ; McDonald v. Bowman, 40 Neb. 269 , 58 N.W. 704 . 2 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Bohrer v. Fay

    10 D.C. 145 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 1, 1881

    Jur., sec. 898 ; High on Inj., sec. 85 ; Bateman v. Wilbor. 1 Sch. and Lef., 204, in addition to cases cited in brief by complainants’ counsel.) … Brown, and endorsed by Julius S. Bohrer and his wife. There is no averment in the bill denying the execution of the notes or alleging that they were not endorsed by said Julius and wife.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Fuller v. United States

    873 A.2d 1108 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 12, 2005

    Guzman v. United States, 769 A.2d 785, 790 (D.C.2001) (ellipsis in original) (quoting Brown v. United States, 683 A.2d 118, 124-25 (D.C.1996)). … Guzman, 769 A.2d at 790 (citing Brown, 683 A.2d at 124-25 ).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Yoon v. United States

    594 A.2d 1056 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 16, 1991

    Kitt v. … In Stein v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Hines v. John B. Sharkey Co.

    449 A.2d 1092 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 26, 1982

    District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, D.C.App., 441 A.2d 889, 911 (1981) (en banc) (same); Citizens Association of Georgetown v. … See Pernell v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Potter v. United States

    534 A.2d 943 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 22, 1987

    Upon boarding the bus, appellant tendered a transfer, which the driver refused to accept, stating that that stop was not a transfer point. … See United States v. Bolden, 169 U.S.App.D.C. 60, 67-68 , 514 F.2d 1301, 1308-09 (1975); Wright v. United States, 102 U.S.App.D.C. 36, 43-44 , 250 F.2d 4, 11-12 (1957).

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Judge v. United States

    599 A.2d 417 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 30, 1991

    Sinclair saw Newsome drop a brown bag as New-some walked towards him. Sinclair recovered the bag and discovered that it contained a white rock substance that field-tested positive as cocaine. … In Wishop v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Nicholas v. Howard

    459 A.2d 1039 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 23, 1983

    Appellants rely upon Young & Simon, Inc. v. Brown, 387 A.2d 724 (D.C.1978), and Dameron v. … Thornhill v. Atlantic Life Ins. Co., 70 F.2d 846 (D.C. Cir.1934); see Rinaldi v. Wallace, 293 A.2d 847, 849 (D.C.1972) (per curiam).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Grunley Construction Co. v. District of Columbia

    704 A.2d 288 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 30, 1997

    Chewning v. District of Columbia, 73 App. D.C. 392 , 119 F.2d 459 (1941). … Legally, the rationale of FHA v. Burr was explicitly rejected in Chewning as inapplicable to District of Columbia funds. Moreover, in FHA v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Corey D. Askew v. United States

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 2, 2020

    United States, 649 A.2d 548, 553 (D.C. 1994) (citing Brown (Bradford) v. United States, 372 A.2d 557, 560 (D.C. 1977)). 4 charged Mr. … Six factors are relevant when reviewing a trial court’s denial of a request for continuance to gather evidence or obtain a witness: (1) the probative value of the 15 See Brown (Anthony) v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In re L. M.

    432 A.2d 692 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 4, 1981

    In District of Columbia v. P. L. … United States, 327 F.2d 639 (9th Cir. 1964); Rogers v. United States, 326 F.2d 56 (10th Cir. 1963); Carter v. United States, 113 U.S.App.D.C. 123 , 306 F.2d 283 (1962); Cunningham v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Oliver v. Felbel

    20 App. D.C. 255 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 6, 1902

    But the board of examiners has expressed a different opinion; and while that opinion has not the effect, under the circumstances and the rules of the Patent Office, of overruling the primary examiner, and the board can only … It is very true, as we held in Mason v. Hepburn, Warner v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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