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  • Holt v. Holt

    1 D.C. 81 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 7, 1934

    Citing Andrews v. Andrews, 188 U. S. 14 . … In Andrews v.

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  • Hinton v. United States

    979 A.2d 663 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 3, 2009

    See also United States v. Brown, 262 U.S.App. … See, e.g., Brown v. United States, 766 A.2d 530, 538 (D.C.2001) ("A [trial] court by definition abuses its discretion when it makes an error of law.” (quoting Koon v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Simms v. District of Columbia

    612 A.2d 215 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 10, 1992

    Appellant was standing near a jack and he was placing boards underneath the car. … See Mullaney v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Lewis v. United States

    408 A.2d 303 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 20, 1979

    United States v. Crockett, 534 F.2d 589, 601-03 (5th Cir. 1976); United States v. Atkinson, 512 F.2d 1235, 1239 (4th Cir. 1975); United States v. … Compare Brown v. United States, 119 U.S.App.D.C. 203 , 338 F.2d 543 (1964) (prior delinquency adjudication may not be used to impeach general credibility of witness) with Davis v.

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  • Tynes v. Gogos

    144 A.2d 412 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 22, 1958

    District of Columbia, D.C.Mun.App., 121 A.2d 865 , at page 866, held the Act of 1869 as enacted and amended by the Board of Common Council to be a “regulatory measure in the nature of a police regulation.” … See Stoutenburgh v. Hennick, 1889, 129 U.S. 141 , 9 S.Ct. 256 , 32 L.Ed. 637 ; Johnson v. District of Columbia, 1908, 30 App.D.C. 520 ; Smith v. Olcott, 1901 , 19 App.D.C. 61 ; District of Columbia v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • German v. United States

    525 A.2d 596 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 7, 1987

    Pillis v. District of Columbia Hackers’ License Appeal Board, 366 A.2d 1094 (D.C.1976) (typographical error does not affect validity of enactment), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 937 , 97 S.Ct. 1566 , 51 L.Ed.2d 784 (1977). … Wyrick, 563 F.2d 372, 373 (8th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 907 , 98 S.Ct. 1455 , 55, L.Ed.2d 498 (1978); Brown v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Andrews v. DCHA

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 6, 2024

    Brown and Peter C. Cohen were on the brief for appellant. Yoora Pak was on the brief for appellee. Before BECKWITH and MCLEESE, Associate Judges, and THOMPSON, Senior Judge. … See, e.g., Taylor v. D.C.

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  • Morgan v. American University

    534 A.2d 323 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 30, 1987

    Co. v. … See Dupler v. Mansfield Journal Co., 64 Ohio St.2d 116 , 127 n. 11, 413 N.E.2d 1187 , 1195 n. 11 (1980) (Justice Brown concurring in the judgment). 11 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Jones v. United States

    343 A.2d 346 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 7, 1975

    United States v. Augenblick, supra; United States v. Perry, supra. … See Campbell v. United States, supra; Alexander v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Parker v. United States

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 14, 2025

    E.g., Malloy v. United States, 186 A.3d 802, 815-16 (D.C. 2018) (plain error); Tann v. … Comford v. United States, 947 A.2d 1181, 1186 (D.C. 2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). See also Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Matter of TLJ

    413 A.2d 154 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 28, 1980

    App., 63 A.2d 770, 771 (1949); United Mine Workers of America v. Andrus, 189 U.S. … See e. g., Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 440-41 , 94 S.Ct. 3042, 3051 , 41 L.Ed.2d 855 (1974); Foster v. United States, D.C.App., 290 A.2d 176, 178-79 (1972).

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  • United States v. McClough

    263 A.2d 48 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 13, 1970

    New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 , 87 S.Ct. 616 , 17 L.Ed.2d 562 (1967); Slochower v. Board of Higher Education, 350 U.S. 551 , 76 S.Ct. 637 , 100 L.Ed. 692 (1956), disbarment, Spevack v. … In Harris v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Sisters of the Good Shepherd v. District of Columbia

    746 A.2d 310 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 10, 2000

    See, e.g., District of Columbia v. Linda Pollin Mem. Hous. … [exempt] purposes, ... and derives no personal benefit”); accord, Warden Plaza v. Board of Review of the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, 379 N.W.2d 362, 365-66 (Iowa 1985); Sisters of Providence v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • United States v. Crockett

    861 A.2d 604 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 18, 2004

    See Feaster v. … See Alston v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • In re M.M.D.

    662 A.2d 837 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 30, 1995

    Brown v. United States, 66 A.2d 491, 493 (D.C.1949). … United States v. Brown, 333 U.S. 18, 25-26 , 68 S.Ct. 376, 380 , 92 L.Ed. 442 (1948) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Donell R. Washington v. United States

    111 A.3d 16 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 5, 2015

    Wheeler v. … (quoting Alcindore v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • In Re AC

    573 A.2d 1235 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 26, 1990

    First National Realty Corp., 138 U.S.App.D.C. 369 , 371 n. 5, 428 F.2d 1071 , 1073 n. 5, cert. denied, 400 U.S. 925 , 91 S.Ct. 186 , 27 L.Ed.2d 185 (1970); Brown v. … See Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 423 A.2d 210 , 216-217 n. 13 (D.C.1980); Kopff v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • May v. River East at Grandview

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 12, 2024

    Citing to Snowder v. … Velcoff v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Henson v. United States

    55 A.3d 859 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 15, 2012

    But see United States v. Brown, 448 F.3d 239, 245 (3d Cir.2006) (“[W]hen a seizure is effected by even ‘the slightest application of physical force,’ it is immaterial whether the suspect yields to that force.” … Burton v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Collins v. United States

    491 A.2d 480 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 8, 1985

    Any questions should have been limited, however, particularly in the absence of evidence of mental illness, 7 in order to assure relevancy, Brown v. … Greene v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished

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