Case law

EPOS Technologies Ltd. v. Pegasus Technologies Ltd.

916 F. Supp. 2d 88 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 10, 2013

EPOS argues that the cartridges do not qualify as “drawing implement[s]” because the refills are not intended to be used on their own and are not conventionally used as writing utensils. EPOS Mem. at 10. … Second, this reading is clearly supported by the Patent’s specifications.

Maddox v. Williams

855 F. Supp. 406 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 6, 1994

As our own Court of Appeals has established, “[djiscovery procedures can prove just as intrusive” as can naming Members or their congressional staffs as parties to a suit. MINPECO v. … As MINPECO teaches, the "process by which a committee takes statements and prepares them for publication clearly qualifies as an activity 'within the legislative sphere.” " 844 F.2d at 860. 23 .

United States v. Williams

878 F. Supp. 2d 190 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 20, 2012

Supp. 2d 39, 44 (D.D.C. 2004) (stating that, among other factors, officers “detected the smell of marijuana, which clearly gave rise to at least reasonable suspicion, if not probable cause, that a crime was being committed … Supp. 2d 70, 103-104 (D.D.C. 2011) (applying automobile exception when evaluating qualified immunity claim to justify warrantless search of vehicle when occupants were already in police custody) (citing United States v

Ransom v. Mayorkas

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 28, 2025

The EEOC found that Plaintiff failed to establish that she was subjected to discriminatory or retaliatory harassment based on her protected bases. Id. at 12. … The thirty-day limitation period began to run on or about May 21, 2021, and clearly expired before the filing of the present action on March 11, 2024.

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. George Washington University

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 1, 2022

immunity defense that made their understanding of the law “germane” to the case and, as a result of asserting privilege, “deprive[d] [the] plaintiff of information necessary to ‘defend’ against defendants’ affirmative … Therefore, Deutsche Bank could not “establish that it ‘complied with [its] well-established policies, programs, and procedures’ in [the] case without arguing that it performed an investigation and reached its conclusion

Stone v. U.S. Embassy Tokyo

District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 12, 2020

Officers, in their discretion, can require an applicant furnish additional evidence to establish that an exception is met. … Congress explicitly limited the statutory waiver of sovereign immunity for judicial review of agency action to claims for “relief other than monetary damages.” 5 U.S.C. § 702.

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Inc. v. Barry

918 F. Supp. 440 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 23, 1996

The policies must be communicated clearly and accurately on the application forms and Document Checklist. … Rather, the District must establish a specific time frame for hearings and decisions, taking into account the critically important benefits in question. 39 In addition, the time frames must be clearly and accurately communicated

Virgin Islands Housing and Finance Authority v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 29, 2024

Because VIHFA does not qualify for equitable tolling, the Court need not resolve whether equitable tolling is available under the statute. … To start, it waited six weeks before moving to reconsider before the Board—a motion that was clearly not proper. Reply at 21; see Young v. SEC, 956 F.3d 650, 656 (D.C.

Nalco Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

786 F. Supp. 2d 177 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 18, 2011

Where a plaintiff “cannot recover damages from the defendant due to the defendant’s sovereign immunity ... any loss of income suffered by plaintiff is irreparable per se.” Id. at 51; see also Hoffmann-Laroche, Inc. v. … Moreover, Nalco filed an Amended Complaint clearly *184 challenging the April Stop Sale Order. See Am. Compl. ¶¶ 49-54. 11 .

Durrani v. U.S. Department of Justice

607 F. Supp. 2d 77 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 24, 2009

Aso by letter dated September 11, 2006, plaintiff requested from CBP documents “that clearly show that [seized jet] Engines were imported by S & S Turbine .... ” Id., Ex. 2. … All information that “applies to a particular individual” qualifies for consideration under this exemption. U.S. Dep’t of State v.

Golden v. Management & Training Corporation

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 6, 2018

However, neither of these cases establish as strict a pleading requirement as MTC suggests. In Chacko v. … To establish a prima facie case of age discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas framework, an employee must establish that “he belongs in the statutorily protected age group, he was qualified for the position, he was

Taylor v. Babbitt

760 F. Supp. 2d 80 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 19, 2011

A “genuine issue” is one whose resolution could establish an element of a claim or defense and, therefore, affect the outcome of the action. … If information qualifies as a trade secret, it is protected from disclosure under Exemption 4 and the inquiry ends. Id. at 1283 .

Mohammed v. Harvey

456 F. Supp. 2d 115 · District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 19, 2006

Petitioner has not alleged the kind of jurisdictional facts that would qualify this case as one of the “exceptional” instances where the United States is acting through an intermediary to detain a citizen. 12 Given the paucity … Taken as a whole and in context, Powell's letter clearly establishes that MNF-I is a distinct entity created to give the force "the status that they need to accomplish their mission,” and that the letter simply reserves the

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

60 F. Supp. 3d 1 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 27, 2014

To qualify for withholding under the deliberative process privilege, the withheld material must be both predecisional and deliberative. … Communications generated in the course of advising the President in the exercise of his appointment and removal power are clearly protected by the presidential communications privilege.

National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Ass'n v. Gonzales

391 F. Supp. 2d 200 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 28, 2005

Accordingly, NFPRHA has clearly demonstrated standing to sue on behalf of its members. *206 B. … The courts have thus “almost never felt qualified to second-guess Congress regarding the permissible degree of policy judgment that can be left to those executing or applying the law.”

Metropolis Special Police Department v. D.A.T.A. Management Consulting, LLC

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 6, 2022

Plaintiff’s allegations sufficiently establish all three elements. … Plaintiff qualifies as “the prevailing party” here. See Serrano v. Chicken-Out, Inc., 209 F. Supp. 3d 179, 194 (D.D.C. 2016).

United States v. Joyner

District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 19, 2026

Indeed, based on the surveillance footage—which clearly shows a masked robber wielding a gun—no reasonable jury could find that the robber (whoever he is) did not knowingly use a gun. … Officer McClinton’s significant experience easily qualifies him as an expert witness. Cf.

Citicorp Real Estate, Inc. v. PWA, Inc. (In Re Georgetown Building Associates, Ltd. Partnership)

240 B.R. 124 · District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 15, 1999

as equity instead of debt, and immune from equitable or contractual subordination to Citicorp’s claims. … Nor have the defendants established any basis for estopping Citicorp from asserting that the advances were not debt.

Hobson v. Brennan

625 F. Supp. 459 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 16, 1985

an issue of first impression whose resolution was not clearly foreshadowed____ Second, it has been stressed that “we must ... weigh the merits and demerits in each case by looking to the prior history of the rule in question … Menke, 773 F.2d 983 (8th Cir. 1985). 23 The lower court there had dismissed (before a trial had been held) the inmate’s § 1983 action after concluding that Menke, a penitentiary official, was, under the circumstances, immune

Carmen Jean-Baptiste v. District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 16, 2011

people on the list,” and demanded to know “if managers usually bring on less qualified candidates every year, or [was] this something new.” … Byrd and Jean-Baptiste have both established prima facie cases of retaliation.