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  • WASHINGTON GARAGE COMPANY v. Klare

    248 A.2d 681 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 18, 1968

    As we said in District Motor Co. v. … Co. v. Prentice, 147 U.S. 101, 108 , 13 S.Ct. 261 , 37 L.Ed. 97 (1893); Brown v. Coates, 102 U.S.App.D.C. 300 , 253 F.2d 36 , 67 A.L.R.2d 943 (1958); Sommerville v. Chesapeake & Potomac Tel.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Glendening v. Glendening

    206 A.2d 824 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 8, 1965

    Achorn v. Achorn, D.C.Mun.App., 168 A.2d 399, 400 (1961). As the Supreme Court set forth in United States v. … See, Roberts v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Solomon Abebe v. DOES / US Security Assocs.

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 7, 2018

    Dean, Inc. v. … Negussie v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In Re CAP

    633 A.2d 787 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 15, 1993

    Turner v. United States, 623 A.2d 1170, 1171 (D.C.1993) (citation omitted); see Brown v. United States, 546 A.2d 390, 393 (D.C.1988). … Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21 , 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1879 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). See also Brown, supra, 546 A.2d at 393 .

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  • DIONNE SMITH v. GREENWAY APARTMENTS LPT/A MEADOW GREEN COURTS

    150 A.3d 1265 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 29, 2016

    (internal quotation marks and citation omitted); Brown v. Young, 364 A.2d 1171, 1173 (D.C. 1976). (“Few defenses are available in possessory actions.”) … .”); see also Brown v. Southall Realty Co., 237 A.2d 834 (D.C. 1968).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Martinez v. United States

    566 A.2d 1049 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 21, 1989

    MACK, Associate Judge, Retired, dissenting: I would apply the holding of the Second Circuit in United States v. … Brown, 699 F.2d 585, 588-591 (2d Cir.1983), and reverse appellant’s conviction on the ground that his statement was erroneously admitted to impeach his testimony, in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • West v. United States

    249 A.2d 740 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 28, 1969

    He then saw both men, carrying brown paper bags and coats over their arms, hurriedly walk north on Fourteenth Street. … See, e. g., Hill v. United States, D.C.Cir., (No. 21,162 decided Nov. 7, 1968); People v. Rodriguez, 47 Misc.2d 551 , 262 N.Y.S.2d 859 (1965); People v. Gonzales, 356 Mich. 247 , 97 N.W.2d 16 (1959).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ford v. United States

    396 A.2d 191 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 11, 1978

    See, e. g., United States v. McDowell, 539 F.2d 435, 437 (5th Cir. 1976); United States v. Godoy, 528 F.2d 281, 283 (9th Cir. 1975); West v. United States, 359 F.2d 50, 55 (8th Cir. 1966); Gallego v. … United States v. S. B. Penick & Co., 136 F.2d 413, 415 (2d Cir. 1943). Accord, United States v. Brown, 482 F.2d 1226, 1228 (8th Cir. 1973); Gass v. United States, 135 U.S.App.D.C. 11, 14 , 416 F.2d 767, 770 (1969).

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Irby v. United States

    342 A.2d 33 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 3, 1975

    Belisle looked in the side window of the car with the aid of a flashlight and saw a brown leather coat and a black fur hat on the left rear floorboard. … Bettis v. United States, 408 F.2d 563, 568 (9th Cir. 1969). 11 . Fuller v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Potts v. Potts

    171 A.2d 263 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 12, 1961

    . * * * Now, Congress repealed the proviso that a legal separation from bed and board may be granted for drunkenness. … See Schreiber v. Schreiber, D.C.Mun.App., 139 A.2d 278 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Glaziers' Local Union No. 963 of Brotherhood of Painters v. Rawley

    248 A.2d 188 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 29, 1968

    This authority is delegated under Section 44(a) to the General President, subject to the approval of the General Executive Board. … United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. McLain, D.C.App., 46 A.2d 373 (1946). . Article XVIII, Section 7(e), supra note 3.

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  • Brabham v. United States

    326 A.2d 254 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 9, 1974

    Thus, we must assume, as we did in Smith v. … See Brown v. United States, 411 U.S. 223, 230-232 , 93 S.Ct. 1565 , 36 L.Ed.2d 208 (1973); Schneble v. Florida, 405 U.S. 427 , 92 S.Ct. 1056 , 31 L.Ed.2d 340 (1972); Harrington v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Graham v. M & J CORP.

    424 A.2d 103 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 24, 1980

    Graham’s back door, and in boarding up the rear stairway. … Ramsay v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Patterson v. United States

    37 A.3d 230 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 16, 2012

    A black, .38 caliber revolver with a brown handle — similar to the description provided by Ms. Kuczynska — was hidden under the mattress. … Benn v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Valentine v. Real Estate Commission

    163 A.2d 554 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 25, 1960

    including the Real Estate Commission, we adopted a separate set of rules to govern appeals in such cases and we provided by Rule 1 of our administrative rules “[a]ny person seeking a review of a final order or decision of a Board … Seebold v. Holbrook, D.C.Mun.App., 103 A.2d 876 ; Burke v. Loughrin, D.C. Mun.App., 91 A.2d 564 ; Syndicated Const. Corp. v. Ross, D.C.Mun.App., 73 A.2d 899 ; Beach v. District of Columbia, D.C.Mun.App., 44 A.2d 926 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Thornton v. Little Sisters of the Poor

    380 A.2d 593 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 6, 1977

    Taylor v. England, D.C.App., 213 A.2d 821 (1965). 1 The doctrine of res judicata is equally applicable to condemnation proceedings. Annat v. Beard, 277 F.2d 554 (5th Cir. 1960); Bullen v. … Co. v. Brown, D.C.Mun.App., 178 A.2d 429, 431-32 (1962); Tutt v. Doby, 148 U.S.App.D.C. 171, 173 , 459 F.2d 1195, 1197 (1972). 2 . See also 1 C.J.S.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bland v. United States

    153 A.3d 78 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 5, 2016

    See Preacher v. … .”); Brown v. United States, 627 A.2d 499, 508 (D.C. 1993) (“We have repeatedly held that a defendant may not take one position at trial and a contradictory position on appeal.”). . Eady v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • In Re Mustafa

    631 A.2d 45 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 16, 1993

    honor, of granite discretion, of the strictest observation of fiduciary responsibility, that have ... been compendiously described as [the] “moral character” necessary for the practice of law.” id. at 55 (quoting Schware v. … Board of Bar Examiners, 353 U.S. 232, 247 , 77 S.Ct. 752, 761 , 1 L.Ed.2d 796 (1957) (Frankfurter, J., concurring)).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Bozzi

    83 A.2d 436 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 19, 1951

    Leidy v. Connor, D.C.E.D.Pa., 70 F. Supp. 1022 ; Fleming v. Posternock. D.C.E.D.Pa., 71 F.Supp. 821 . 3 . Noyes v. Shanahan, 325 Mass. 601 , 91 N.E.2d 841 ; Rosner v. … Berberich, 3 N.J.Super. 78 , 65 A.2d 632 ; see Reid v. Brown, 49 A.2d 311 , 24 N.J.Misc. 350. 6 . Civil Practice Act, § 1444-a, N.Y.Laws. 1948, c. 213, § 1. See H. Kauffman & Sons Saddlery Co v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • United States Parole Commission v. Noble

    693 A.2d 1084 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 17, 1997

    See Tyler v. … District of Columbia Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 534 A.2d 310, 314 (D.C.1987) (declining to defer to Board in resolving conflict of jurisdiction between Board and procedures under federal Foreign Missions Act); Office of People's

    Cited 78 timesPublished

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