Case law

Rumber v. District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 26, 2009

Mot. to Enforce, Ex. 2 (“Risher e-mail”), is a “memorandum or note” sufficient to qualify as a writing to satisfy the statute of frauds, see D.C. … The burden of establishing mootness rests on the party raising the issue, and it is a heavy burden.

Cavalier v. Catholic University of America

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 27, 2018

It is required, however, to respond to any such known acts of harassment in a manner that is not “clearly unreasonable.” Id. … Court of Appeals listed a series of relationships that might qualify—“psychiatrist/therapist and patient,” “doctor-patient,” “funeral home or hospital” and the family of a decedent, and “persons who are appointed to act

Rochon v. Lynch

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 9, 2015

Here, as explained below, this Court has assumed (without deciding) that Rochon engaged in protected activity and that the FBI’s temporary denial of an ID card qualifies as an adverse action under Title VII, and thus, that … so that they would not surface again in any subsequent name check (see Ex. 12 to Def.’s Mot., ECF No. 21-1, 19 40–48, at 41–46), and this action on his part demonstrates clearly

Cameron v. Riggs Nat. Bank

53 F. Supp. 56 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 15, 1943

of Columbia, as local creditors in substantially, if not all, other jurisdictions in the United States, are to be given an opportunity to assert their claims against local assets of a decedent domiciled elsewhere seems clearly … If the right to sue is qualified by a provision that gives to an interested party the right to require a bond for the protection of local creditors, it is difficult to see how there can be a right to demand such payment,

Felter v. Norton

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 15, 2010

Mixed-bloods were defined as Ute members who did not have sufficient Ute or Indian ancestry  - 3 - to qualify as full-bloods. 25 U.S.C. § 677a(c). … The affirmative defense of collateral estoppel may also be raised in a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss when “the defense can either be established from the face of the complaint, matters fairly incorporated within it,

T.F. v. District of Columbia

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 28, 2025

It identified four “areas of concern”—math, reading, communication, and daily living skills—and established various “annual goals” within those areas. AR 126–31. … “[T]he likelihood that a student will regress can be established by expert testimony.” Id. Here, neither the 2022 IEP nor the 2023 IEP provided T.F. with ESY services.

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 26, 2025

Instead, that list is established through the TPP Evidence Review Protocol (“TPPER”). ECF No. 8-9 ¶ 20; ECF No. 8-6 ¶ 45. … Second, to qualify as irreparable harm, the injury must also be beyond remediation.

International Technologies Integration, Inc. v. Palestine Liberation Organization

66 F. Supp. 2d 3 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 22, 1999

According to the PNA, Section 8.2 of the Conditions of Contract established Jericho as the PNA’s last known address for purposes of complying with Rule 40. … While in MCI there was no written arbitration clause within the body of the parties’ agreement, in Comprehensive Accounting there clearly was a “signed contract ... [that] contained a standard arbitration clause.”

Holt v. United States Department of Justice

734 F. Supp. 2d 28 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 26, 2010

The “information need not actually be ‘rules and practices’ to qualify under [Exemption 2, as the statute provides that matter ‘related’ to rules and practices is also exempt.” Schwaner v. … These rules clearly state that the ViCAP Web database is a confidential system, the unauthorized access to which is prohibited. Id.

United States v. Jones

374 F. Supp. 2d 143 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 20, 2005

Probable Cause Facts that fail to establish a reasonable, articulable suspicion of unlawful activity cannot suffice to establish probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. … The court explained that “the purported abandonment of the coat ... occurred after he had been illegally seized,” and thus the defendant’s “action was clearly the direct result of the illegal seizure, and it follows that

N.S. v. Hughes

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 7, 2021

Defendant strains to argue that the “ICE hold” practice in question qualifies as merely maintaining custody of aliens already in the custody of the Attorney General. ECF No. 84-1 at 14. … “While the irreparable-harm requirement is recited in the past tense, it is clear that future harm may qualify.” Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S.

Grzadzinski v. Garland

District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 19, 2022

The parties wisely waste no ink debating whether Grzadzinski has established a prima facie case of discrimination. … McNally apparently shared that perception, as he “offered to help [Sabol] write an affidavit if [she] wanted to file an EEO complaint because he felt that the whole reorganization was pretty clearly directed against women

Mentzer v. Ramsey

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 6, 2010

To establish a prima facie case of retaliation, Plaintiffs “merely need[] to establish 16 facts adequate to permit an inference of retaliatory motive.” Forman v. … However, the record clearly indicates that Mentzer asked to be removed from the HMU in June 2005: Q: When was the last time you worked there [in the HMU]? A: June of ‘05.

Hill v. United States Department of the Interior

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 19, 2023

Rather, it was the June 22, 2016, publication of the Statement of Findings itself that was the final agency action.”); id. at 18 (“[T]he final agency action for the purposes of judicial review is clearly the Publication … itself must be specifically established as based in treaty, statute or agency regulation.”).

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 8, 2020

“No more is required to establish standing under Havens.” Id. … for a fee waiver will find a way to pay for the uniquely attractive benefits accorded to qualified immigrants.

Ali v. Southeast Neighborhood House

519 F. Supp. 489 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 17, 1981

When plaintiff’s counsel attempted to cross-examine Lockridge about the statement, the Court was required to sustain defendant’s technical objection because the question was clearly beyond scope of the direct examination, … the Quran, and sought to determine the dilemmas and disputes then present in plaintiff’s Department on their factual bases, concluding, wholly apart from any perception of the plaintiff’s values, that Ali was simply not qualified

Gration v. Islamic Republic of Iran

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 15, 2023

Plaintiffs seek in personam relief, raising the key question whether defendants are entitled to immunity under the “state sponsor of terrorism” exception set forth in §1605A. 7 “[T]he FSIA establishes a general … rule granting foreign sovereigns immunity from the jurisdiction of United States courts,” Mohammadi v.

Bluewater Network v. Salazar

721 F. Supp. 2d 7 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 8, 2010

Additionally, it discussed a greater number of impact topics in the EA, used more recent studies, see, e.g., GUIS-00308, and a more clearly articulated methodology to analyze impacts and impairments, see infra at III.B.3. … According to NPS, a "key concept [in both policies] is the purpose for which a park was established.” GUIS-00305. 26 .

In Re: Fannie mae/freddie Mac Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement Class Action Litigations

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 7, 2021

the named representative must not have antagonistic or conflicting interests with the unnamed members of the class, and (2) the representative must appear able to vigorously prosecute the interests of the class through qualified … The requirement is "intended to protect absent plaintiffs by enabling notice and to protect defendants 'by enabling a final judgment that clearly identifies who is bound by it."' Id.

Davis v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

864 F. Supp. 2d 148 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 30, 2012

PBGC contends that it is clearly authorized to collect post-termination overpayments from Plan participants and that its authority to collect those amounts is not governed by the restrictions contained in 29 U.S.C. … By way of background, before the Plan's termination, the administrator offered pilots several ways in which to qualify as "totally and permanently disabled" in order to get the additional benefit.