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  • Conner v. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue Associates, L.P.

    669 A.2d 693 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 28, 1995

    The court correctly found that Conner had satisfied the requirements for quantum meruit payments we laid out in Brown v. … Brown, 524 A.2d 1184 (D.C.1987), and Waco Scaffold & Shoring Co. v. 425 Eye Street Assocs., 355 A.2d 780 (D.C.1976).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Green v. United States

    440 A.2d 1005 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 7, 1982

    See Tabron v. … Williams v.

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  • Bennett v. United States

    797 A.2d 1251 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 16, 2002

    Ede-len v. … See, e.g., Brown v. United States, 683 A.2d 118 , 127 n. 10 (D.C.1996). Our articulation in Brown applies to this case a fortiori.

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  • Lipphard v. Humphrey

    28 App. D.C. 355 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 21, 1906

    Shanks v. Christopher, 3 A. K. Marsh, 144; Boyd v. Cook, 3 Leigh, 32 , 51; Hoshauer v. Hoshauer, 26 Pa. 404, 406 ; Vernon v. Kirk, 30 Pa. 218, 224 ; King *361 v. Kinsey, 74 N. C. 261, 263 ; Guthrie v. … Price, 23 Ark. 396, 407 ; Clifton v. Murray, 7 Ga. 564 , 50 Am. Dec. 411 ; Doran v. Mullen, 78 Ill. 342, 346 ; Browning v. Budd, 6 Moore, P. C. C. 430, 435.

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  • Plummer v. United States

    983 A.2d 323 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 12, 2009

    And, in Brown v. … Brown, at 642. 18 . Arguably, there is support for Mr. Plum-mer's futility argument in case law pertaining to the somewhat analogous ripeness doctrine and administrative futility. See Anaheim Gardens v.

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  • Winthrop v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.

    293 A.2d 283 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 11, 1972

    Pertinent testimony on liability was that as appellant (plaintiff) was attempting to board appellee’s bus the driver closed the front doors on her right hand and started to pull away from the bus stop. … In a similar case, Guenther v.

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  • Washington Gas Light Co. v. Public Service Commission

    508 A.2d 930 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 9, 1986

    Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade v. Public Service Commission, 432 A.2d 343, 347 (D.C.1981) (footnote omitted). In this case the Commission captioned Order No. 8005 as a “Final Opinion and Order.” … Civil Aeronautics Board, 173 U.S.App.D.C. 1, 18 , 522 F.2d 107, 124 (1975) (en banc) (footnote omitted), it is nevertheless “persuasive.” Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, supra, 432 A.2d at 349 n. 11.

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  • Jones v. United States

    548 A.2d 35 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 9, 1988

    Frye v. United States, 54 App.D.C. 46, 47 , 293 F. 1013, 1014 (1923); see also Ibn-Tamas, 407 A.2d at 638 ; Brown v. United States, 384 A.2d 647, 650 (D.C.1978). … Brown, 557 F.2d 541, 557 (6th Cir.1977); see generally Giannelli, The Admissibility of Novel Scientific Evidence: Frye v.

    Cited 67 timesPublished
  • District of Columbia v. Bryant

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 4, 2024

    (alteration in original) (quoting Brown v. AVEMCO Inv. Corp., 603 F.2d 1367, 1371 (9th Cir. 1979))). We also reject Mr. … Brown, 115 P.3d 139, 143 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005))), vacated in part on other grounds sub nom United States v. Lewis, 107 A.3d 603 (D.C. 2015), aff’d en banc on other grounds, 147 A.3d 236 (D.C. 2016).

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  • Vincent v. United States

    58 A.2d 829 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 30, 1948

    Stoner v. Underseth, 85 Mont. 11 , 277 P. 437 ; Marshall v. Public Service Commission, 129 Pa.Super. 272 , 195 A. 475 . State v. Rosenstein, 217 Iowa 985 , 252 N.W. 251 ; Stoner v. Underseth, supra. Morton v. … Corporation v. Merrill, 332 U.S. 380 , 68 S.Ct. 1 ; United States ex rel. Brown v. Lederer, 7 Cir., 140 F.2d 136 , certiorari denied 322 U.S. 734 , 64 S.Ct. 1047 , 88 L.Ed. 1568 ; Martin v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Parks v. United States

    451 A.2d 591 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 14, 1982

    When O’Connor arrived on the scene, he found Brown dead, and her brother and her sixteen-year-old son, Marvin Young, in the room with the body. The brother told O’Connor that John Fulton had shot Brown. … See Brown v. United States, D.C.App., 383 A.2d 1082, 1085 (1978) (considering promptness of objection in determining prejudice). Cf. Cohoon v.

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Black v. United States

    810 A.2d 410 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 14, 2002

    of cocaine, which, he explained, he had purchased from the man who fled. *412 ANALYSIS The question of whether police had a reasonable, articulable suspicion sufficient to justify an investigatory stop is one of law, see Brown … v.

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

    485 A.2d 605 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 21, 1984

    .; see Hockaday v. … Dunn, supra, 467 A.2d at 967 (quoting Wallace v. District Unemployment Compensation Board, 294 A.2d 177, 179 (D.C.1972)). .

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  • Evans v. Prentice

    79 A.2d 396 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 16, 1951

    Custer v. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., D.C.Mun.App., 43 A.2d 716, 717 . 2 . Oscanyon v. Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 103 U.S. 261 , 26 L.Ed. 539 ; Brown v. District of Columbia, 29 App. … D.C. 273 , 25 L.R.A.,N.S., 98; Hornblower v. George Washington University, 31 App.D.C. 64 ; Smith v. O’Brien, 66 App.D.C. 387 , 88 F.2d 769 ; Niosi v. Aiello, D.C.Mun.App., 69 A.2d 57 . 3 . See Anacostia Bank v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Matter of TM

    577 A.2d 1149 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 16, 1990

    Curry v. United States, 520 A.2d 255, 263 (D.C.1987). Rather, the government must establish that appellants knew of the location of the cocaine and that they exercised dominion and control over it. Brown v. … Brown, supra, 546 A.2d at 394 n. 2 (quoting standardized jury instruction); United States v.

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  • In Re Estate of Monge

    841 A.2d 769 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 5, 2004

    The majority has broadly interpreted District of Columbia v. … The majority also cites commentary from Sackett, Chapman, Brown & Cross v. Osgood, 80 U.S.App. D.C. 99, 149 F.2d 825 (1945).

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  • United Services Life Ins. Co. v. Ringsdorf

    91 A.2d 717 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 23, 1952

    Capital Transit Co., 69 App.D.C. 147 , 99 F.2d S80, certiorari denied, 306 U.S. 630 , 59 S.Ct. 464 , 83 L.Ed. 1032 ; Bell v. Brown, 76 U.S.App.D.C. 5 , 128 F.2d 317 ; Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. … Turner v. Hertz, 55 App.D.C. 177 , 3 F.2d 348 , 39 A.L.R. 1140 ; Friedman v. Thomas J. Fisher & Co., D.C.Mun.App., 88 A.2d 321 ; Arsenault v. Angle, D.C.Mun.App., 43 A.2d 709 . Cf. Bovello v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • United States v. Powell

    563 A.2d 1086 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 15, 1989

    See, e.g., Culp v. United States, 486 A.2d 1174, 1177 (D.C.1985) (boarded-up windows put public on notice that intruders were not welcome in unoccupied house); Carson v. … His decision was later “supported” by WMATA’s Board of Directors, although Mr. Cooksey did not know whether the Board took a formal vote on the matter. No public hearings were held before the gates were erected. 4 .

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  • Johnson v. Leuthongchak

    772 A.2d 249 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 10, 2001

    Williams v. Brown, 860 S.W.2d 854, 856 (Tenn.1993) (citations omitted). … See Knight v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Webb v. D.C. Dep't of Emp't Servs.

    204 A.3d 843 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 21, 2019

    Webb v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department , Compensation Review Board Decision and Order, March 1, 2017 (hereinafter, "CRB Order"), App. at 10-17. … Webb v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department , CRB No. 17-047, Compensation Review Board Decision and Order, July 20, 2017 (hereinafter, "CRB Decision and Order"), App. at 24-28, and Webb v.

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