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  • Mendes v. Johnson

    389 A.2d 781 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 13, 1978

    See also In re Marriage of Brown, 15 Cal.3d 838 , 544 P.2d 561 , 126 Cal.Rptr. 633 (1976); Smith v. State, 93 Idaho 795 , 473 P.2d 937 (1970); Flemming v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., 239 F.2d 277 (4th Cir. 1956). … See, e. g., England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, 375 U.S. 411 , 85 S.Ct. 461 , 11 L.Ed.2d 440 (1964). .

    Overruled by James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia, 501 U.S. 529 (1991)Cited 70 timesPublished
  • Makins v. District of Columbia

    861 A.2d 590 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 4, 2004

    Capitol Souvenir Co., 462 A.2d 1140, 1142 (D.C.1983) (quoting Brown v. Brown, 343 A.2d 59, 61 (D.C.1975)). … D; see also Auvil v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Patterson v. United States

    580 A.2d 1319 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 4, 1990

    Beno, supra, 324 F.2d at 588 (citations omitted); see also Cowan v. … Brown v. United States, 409 A.2d 1093, 1099 (D.C.1979) (citation omitted). Furthermore, a trial court determination of relevancy is reviewable only for abuse of discretion. E.g., Reavis v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Middleton v. United States

    401 A.2d 109 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 20, 1979

    See Douglas v. United States, supra, 386 A.2d at 295; United States v. Brown, supra, 501 F.2d at 150 ; United States v. Amaral, 488 F.2d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir. 1973). … Swann v. United States, D.C.App., 326 A.2d 813, 814-15 (1974); United States v. Gentile, supra, at 468. We specifically rejected the relevance of these decisions in Brown v.

    Cited 66 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
  • Lewis v. District of Columbia Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art

    385 A.2d 1148 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 27, 1978

    Co. v. … Doe v.

    Cited 11 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
  • Boks v. Charles E. Smith Management, Inc.

    453 A.2d 113 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 17, 1982

    This court, in Brown v. Brown, D.C.App., 343 A.2d 59 (1975), upheld an oral, out-of-court settlement agreement for - which a part of the stated consideration was the consent to the filing of a praecipe. … FDIC v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Cruz v. District of Columbia Department of Human Services

    479 A.2d 333 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 9, 1984

    Cosgrove v. United States, 411 A.2d 57, 58-59 , (D.C.1980) (citing Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 , 97 S.Ct. 285, 292 , 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976), and Haines v. … (Respondent’s Brief at 5, citing Grove City College v. Bell, — U.S. -, - n. 13, 104 S.Ct. 1211 , 1217-18 n. 13, 79 L.Ed.2d 516 (1984)).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Clark Construction Group, Inc. v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and John Chavis

    123 A.3d 199 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 20, 2015

    Area Transit Auth. v. … Nothing within the Act 17 District of Columbia v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Waters v. United States

    311 A.2d 835 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 3, 1973

    Relying on such recent decisions as Munn v. United States, D.C.App., 283 A.2d 28 (1971); Peterkin v. United States, D.C.App., 281 A.2d 567 (1971); and United States v. … C., 121 N.J.Super. 108 , 296 A.2d 102 (1972); State v. Baccino, 282 A.2d 869 (Del.Super.Ct.1971). But see contra, Piazzola v. Watkins, 442 F.2d 284 (5 Cir. 1971) and Commonwealth v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • E.R.B. v. J.H.F.

    496 A.2d 607 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 12, 1985

    See, e.g., Tennyson v. Tennyson, 381 A.2d 264, 266 (D.C.1977); Smith v. Smith, 344 A.2d 221, 223 (D.C.1975); Brown v. Brown, 260 A.2d 675, 676 (D.C.1970); D.C. Code § 16-914 (1981). … Brown, 121 Ill.App.2d 280 , 257 N.E.2d 565 (1970); State ex ret Bishop v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • United States v. Walker

    380 A.2d 1388 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 20, 1977

    Appellee, citing Mitchell v. … Shannon, D.C.Mun.App., 144 A.2d 267, 268-69 (1958); Brown v. United States, D.C.Mun.App., 66 A.2d 491, 493 (1949).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. Scampoli

    228 A.2d 848 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 2, 1967

    In Hall v. … V, 1966).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Molyneaux v. Town House, Inc.

    195 A.2d 744 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 12, 1963

    Cohen v. Basiliko, D.C.Mun.App., 106 A.2d 142, 143 ; Gunn y. 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 and cases cited therein. … Smith v. Warren Petroleum Corp., D.C.Mun.App., 126 A.2d 152 ; Trans-Lux Radio City Corp. v. Service Parking Corp., supra.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Washington Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Whiteside

    488 A.2d 936 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 5, 1985

    Drayton v. Poretsky Management, 462 A.2d 1115 (D.C.1983); Interstate General Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission, 441 A.2d 252 (D.C.1982). … See City Wide Learning Center, Inc. v. William C. Smith & Company, 488 A.2d 1310 (D.C.1985); Auger v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 477 A.2d 196, 207 (D.C.1984).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Jones v. United States

    747 A.2d 558 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 4, 1999

    Brown v. United States, 590 A.2d 1008, 1020 (D.C.1991). … See Brown, supra.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • McCoy v. Coral Hills Associates, Inc.

    264 A.2d 896 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 4, 1970

    The same court, in Stein v. … H., Inc. v. Lund, supra n. 7 . 10 . State for Use of Parr v. Board of County Commissioners, 207 Md. 91 , 113 A.2d 397, 402 (1955) ; Gosnell v. Baltimore & O. R. R., 189 Md. 677 , 57 A.2d 322, 327 (1948) ; Sezzin v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Snowden v. United States

    2 App. D.C. 89 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 21, 1893

    Reg. v. … In the case of People v. Brown, 53 Mich., 531 , the question arose in the case of a party indicted for rape.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • FEDERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Jones

    131 A.2d 879 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 14, 1957

    Co. of Texas v. Brown, 1950, 203 Okl. 407 , 222 P.2d 757 ; Clinkscales v. North Carolina Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1942, 201 S.C. 375 , 23 S.E.2d 1 ; Olezene v. Eagle Life Ins. Co., 1928. 11 La.App. 153 , 121 So. 881 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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