Case law

Boyd v. United States

908 A.2d 39 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 28, 2006

See Watson v. … In State v.

Potomac Small Loan Co. v. Myles

34 A.2d 609 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 16, 1943

See Report of Special Oommittee, Board of Directors, D. C. Bar Association, Sefton Darr, Chairman (December, 1936). See also Wise v. … Corp. v. Superior Ct., 203 Cal. 384 , 264 P. 488 . Wise v. Herzog, supra [ 72 App.D.C. 335 , 114 F.2d 488 ].

Williams v. Washington Hospital Center

601 A.2d 28 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 20, 1991

See Voegeli v. Lewis, 568 F.2d 89 (8th Cir.1977); Newsum v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 97 F.Supp. 500 (D.C.N.Y.1951); Aulgur v. Zylich, 390 S.W.2d 553 (Mo.App.1965); Abbatemareo v. … Winter v. Brown, 365 A.2d 381, 385 (D.C.1976). “[WJhere one of two innocent persons must suffer, the misfortune should rest on the person responsible for a fault and who had it in his power to avert it.” Davis v.

Harvin v. United States

245 A.2d 307 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 5, 1968

Johnson v. United States, 374 F.2d 966 (4th Cir. 1967) ; Rogers v. United States, 326 F.2d 56 (10th Cir. 1963); Carter v. United States, supra; Cunningham v. United States, supra. … As we stated in Lawrence v.

Lattisaw v. District of Columbia

905 A.2d 790 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 24, 2006

White v. District of Columbia, 852 A.2d 922, 926 (D.C.2004) (citing Grillo v. District of Columbia, 731 A.2d 384, 386 (D.C.1999)). … Davis & Associates v. Williams, 892 A.2d 1144, 1150 (D.C.2006).

United States v. Simmons

302 A.2d 728 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 8, 1973

In Preston v. … E. g., United States v. Bynum, D.C.App., 283 A.2d 649 (1971); Best v. United States, D.C.App., 237 A.2d 825 (1968); Burroughs v. United States, supra; cf. United States v.

United States v. Engram

337 A.2d 488 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 14, 1975

Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of the State of New Mexico, 353 U.S. 232, 241 , 77 S.Ct. 752 , 1 L.Ed.2d 796 (1957); United States v. Maynard, 155 U.S.App.D.C. 223 , 476 F.2d 1170 (1973); Simms v. … See also United States v. Ryan, supra.

Gray v. Washington

612 A.2d 839 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 8, 1992

Williams v. Board of Trustees of Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church, 589 A.2d 901, 911 (D.C.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 190 , 116 L.Ed.2d 151 (1991). … Gray v. Washington, No 91-CV-365.

Barbour v. Paige Hotel Co.

2 App. D.C. 174 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 2, 1894

Co. v. Denton, 146 U. … Co. v. Wheeler, 1 Black., 286 ; Rwy. Co. v. Whitton, 13 Wall., 270 ; R. R. Co. v. Harris, 12 Wall., 65 ; Clark v. Barnard, 108 U. S., 436 .

Levy v. Vaughan

42 App. D.C. 146 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 6, 1914

The case of Evanston v. Gunn, 99 U. S. 660, 666 , 25 L. ed. 306, 307, is relied on by the appellant in support of his exception. As stated in National Union v. Thomas, 10 App. D. C. 277, 291: “In Evanston v. … Brown testifies that, after the autopsy, he found not only this condition of fatty degeneration, but also that the valves of the heart were affected.

Kebreab Zere v. District of Columbia

209 A.3d 94 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 6, 2019

See, e.g., Anderson v. … See Smith v.

Byrd v. United States

500 A.2d 1376 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 3, 1986

Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977). … Accord Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. at 166 , 97 S.Ct. at 2225 .

Capitol Hill Restoration Society v. Zoning Commission

287 A.2d 101 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 7, 1972

DiMatteo, 10 Mich.App. 129 , 135—136, 157 N.W.2d 1, 5 (1968) (variance granted by Board of Zoning Appeals). See also Allen v. Zoning Commission, D.C. Cir., 449 F.2d 1100 n.3 (1971) (dicta). … In McKart v.

SINATRA v. SUTTON v. UNITED STATES

140 A.3d 1198 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 23, 2016

Carter v. … Brown v. United States, 795 A.2d 56, 63 (D.C. 2002) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Offenses do not merge if they “arise out of separate acts or transactions.” Reeves v.

Young & Height v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 30, 2023

Rose v. United States, 879 A.2d 986, 993 n.3 (D.C. 2005) (internal quotation mark omitted) (quoting Brown v. United States, 763 A.2d 1137, 1140 (D.C. 2000)). … Brown, 763 A.2d at 1140.  43 B. Jury Note Concerning Definition of “Intent” 1.

IN RE T.M.

155 A.3d 400 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 16, 2017

Sims v. … (citing Brown v. United States, 979 A.2d 630 , 642 (D.C. 2009)).

District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.

81 A.2d 249 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 24, 1951

Stoutenburgh v. … Zahn v. Board of Public Works, 274 U. S. 325 , 47 S.Ct. 594 , 71 L.Ed. 1074 , and cases cited therein. .

Blair v. United States

525 A.2d 170 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 26, 1987

The premise of our adversarial system is that appellate courts do not sit as self-directed boards of legal inquiry and research, but essentially as arbiters of legal questions presented and argued by the parties before them … See, e.g., United States v. Moses, supra, 339 A.2d at 50-51 ; cf. Ricks v. District of Columbia, 134 U.S.

Waters v. Ritchie

3 D.C. App. 379 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 4, 1894

Minor, 4 Wall., 513 ; Preston v. Preston, 95 U. S., 200 ; Williams v. Morris, 95 U. S., 444 ; Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass., 545 ; Scanlon v. Geddes, 112 Mass., 115 ; Meade v. Parker, 115 Mass.; Colerick v. … Hooker, 3 Ind., 316 ; Waring v. Ayers, 40 N. Y., 361 ; Bacon v. Leslie, 50 Kan., 494 ; Preble v. Abrahams, 88 Cal., 245 ; Egleston v. Wagner, 46 Mich., 618 ; Ryan v. U. S., 136 U. S., 82 ; Patch v. White, 117 U.

Murphy v. United States

572 A.2d 435 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 28, 1990

E.g., Pounds v. … See Brown v. United States, 554 A.2d 1157, 1162 (D.C.1989); Smith v.