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  • Sheriff v. Brown

    16 D.C. 172 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 13, 1886

    Brown: “ I give and bequeath unto my daughter Laura E. Brown (she having heretofore received her share of my estate) my gold watch.” … Brown.

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  • Brown v. Beckett

    6 D.C. 253 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 19, 1867

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  • Brown v. United States

    590 A.2d 1008 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 8, 1991

    The officer acknowledged that Brown did stop after the officer pressed the point. We recently observed in Smith v. … In Brown v.

    Cited 105 timesPublished
  • Hutchinson v. Brown

    8 App. D.C. 157 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 17, 1896

    Griffith v. Ogle, 1 Binney, 172; Brown v. Wheeler, 18 Conn. 199, 207 ; Black on Judgments, secs. 127, 128; Freeman on Judgments, sec. 38. See also. Mitchell v. Overman, 103 U. S. 62, 65 . … Anderson v. Tuck, 33 Md. 225 ; Newhall v. Sanger, 92 U. S. 761 .

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  • Brown v. United States

    66 A.2d 491 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 17, 1949

    In United States v. … People v. Grass, supra, 141 N.Y.S. 204, 206 ; People v. Ross, supra, 212 P. 627, 629 . See Tot v.

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  • Martin v. Brown

    410 A.2d 205 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 11, 1979

    See Prather v. Hill, D.C.App., 250 A.2d 690 (1969) (landlady and tenant, close personal relationship); Horowitz v. Fainberg, 126 U.S.App.D.C. 122 , 374 F.2d 336 (1967) (father and son, equal contributions); Donoughe v. … E. g., Blanken & Blanken Investments, Inc. v. Keg, Inc., D.C.App., 383 A.2d 1076 (1978); Gustin v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Beale v. Brown

    17 D.C. 574 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 5, 1888

    Justice Merrick; delivered the opinion of the Court: This was an action of ejectment brought by Beale and wife, against Brown and others. … Brown.

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  • Brown v. United States

    379 A.2d 708 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 28, 1977

    Corporation v. Ross, D.C.Mun.App., 73 A.2d 899 (1950); Beach v. District of Columbia, D.C.Mun.App., 44 A.2d 926 (1945). This view is consistent with United States v. … See Mitchell v. United States, D.C.App., 302 A.2d 216, 217 (1973); Brown v. United States, D.C.Mun.App., 66 A.2d 491, 493 (1949).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Clark

    14 D.C. 185 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 24, 1884

    Sayles Brown, $161, payable at 119 Sixth street N. E., value received, with interest at 10 per cent, per annum until paid. Appleton P. Clark. Elizabeth C. Clark. Allen C. Clark,” Elizabeth C.

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  • Brown v. United States

    244 A.2d 487 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 24, 1968

    Gilmore v. … Cannady v. United States, 122 U.S.App.D.C. 120, 123 , 351 F.2d 817, 820 (1965); Brown v. United States, 118 U.S.App.D.C. 76, 77 , 331 F.2d 822, 823 (1964).

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States

    District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 4, 2025

    Code § 11-1901; Gause v. … Israel, 109 A.3d at 603 (citing Duren v.

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  • Brown v. United States

    627 A.2d 499 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 24, 1993

    See Prophet, supra, 602 A.2d at 1087 ; United States v. Robinson, 225 U.S.App.D.C. 282, 288 , 698 F.2d 448, 454 (1983). Brown relies heavily on this court’s decision in McGloin v. … Brown, 198 Conn. 348, 357 , 503 A.2d 566, 570 (1986) (common areas generally); Commonwealth v. Hall, 366 Mass. 790, 794 , 323 N.E.2d 319, 322 (1975) (apartment building hallway); State v.

    Cited 74 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States

    359 A.2d 600 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 28, 1976

    Goldberg v. United States, - U.S. -, 96 S.Ct. 1338 , 47 L. Ed.2d 603 (1976); Matthews v. United States, D.C.App., 322 A.2d 908 (1974). … Matthews v. United States, supra.

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  • Brown v. United States

    546 A.2d 390 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 5, 1988

    Logan v. … Waterstaat v. United States, 252 A.2d 507, 509 (D.C.1969) (quoting Brown v. United States, 58 App.D.C. 311 , 30 F.2d 474 (1929)); Wilson v. United States, 91 U.S. App.D.C. 135, 198 F.2d 299 (1952).

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States

    840 A.2d 82 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jan 8, 2004

    Beverly Lindsay, a board-certified pediatrician at Children’s Hospital, specializes in dealing with children who make allegations of sexual or physical abuse. … In Hicks v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States

    388 A.2d 451 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 31, 1978

    While we agree with the trial court that the use of a subpoena would in many circumstances have been a viable means by which appellant could have acquired the testimony of the witness, see Brown v. … Blair v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Brown v. United States

    152 A.3d 150 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 29, 2016

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  • Brown v. United States

    142 A.3d 577 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 7, 2016

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  • Brown v. United States

    979 A.2d 630 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 27, 2009

    Saying that he did not want to “keep [the gun] on him,” Hawkins stashed it in a brown paper bag amid some nearby bushes. … But see Brown v. United States, 619 A.2d 1180, 1182 (D.C.1992) ("A defendant cannot successfully claim self-defense when 'he left an apparently safe haven to arm himself and return to the scene' ") (quoting Rowe v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • United States v. Brown

    309 A.2d 256 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 30, 1973

    Brown and Frederick D. Nash played and practiced a confidence game and swindle upon Lee Amos. The nature of said confidence game and swindle was to persuade Lee Amos to entrust money to David L. Brown and Frederick D. … Brown and Frederick D. Nash intended to fraudulently convert to their own use. 4 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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