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Opinions
The court publishes opinions in cases that provide both the litigants and the trial court with guidance, create new law, or interpret statutes or concepts. These decisions are published in print and on the DCCA website. They are binding precedent, which means they can be cited as supporting authority in other cases.
MOJs
The court issues a Memorandum Opinion and Judgment (MOJ) in cases where the decision does not create new law, decide an issue of continuing public interest, or interpret a statute or concept that has yet to be reviewed. The decisions are issued by the panel (per curiam), not under the name of an individual judge. They are not published, and except as permitted by Appellate Rule 28(g), they may not be cited as supporting authority in other cases. For that reason, the court only lists online the names and case numbers of MOJs that have been issued. If a party or other interested person believes that a specific MOJ should be published, the party or interested person may file a motion to publish no later than 30 days after the MOJ issues.
| Appeal Number | Case | Date | Disposition | Judge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-CM-389 | Feazell v. US | Jun 23, 2008 | Affirmed | Mitchell-Rankin |
| 04-CV-1322 | CB Richard Ellis Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Christian J. Spitz. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 06-FS-1202 | In re A.R. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 02-AA-670 | Fran Hisler v. DC DOES. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 05-PR-263+ | In re Loraine Boley Ingersoll Trust. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 07-AA-297 | Ruth Berkley v. DC Transit. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 04-CF-1015 | Marcus Graham v. US | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 06-CO-1139 | Phillip Holloway v. US | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| 07-AA-102 | Merriweather v. DOES | Jun 19, 2008 | Affirmed | |
| 07-CV-647 | Ramey v. PEPCO | Jun 18, 2008 | Affirmed | Anderson |
| 07-CM-507 | Day v. US | Jun 18, 2008 | Affirmed | Lopez |
| 06-CM-1269 | Cruz v. US | Jun 18, 2008 | Affirmed | Bartnoff |
| 06-CM-1410 | Carter v. US | Jun 17, 2008 | Affirmed | Mitchell-Rankin |
| 06-CF-804 | Mitchell v. US | Jun 17, 2008 | Affirmed | Gardner |
| 07-AA-5 | Neal v. DC DOES | Jun 17, 2008 | Affirmed | |
| 06-AA-523 | Madam's Organ v. DC ABC Board. | Jun 12, 2008 | ||
| 04-FM-21 | Perez v. Perez | Jun 12, 2008 | Affirmed | Fisher |
| 06-CM-1047 | Iraheta v. US | Jun 12, 2008 | Affirmed | Richter/Motley |
| 06-CF-779+ | Pineda/Molina v. US | Jun 12, 2008 | AF/RM | Puig-Lugo |
| 05-AA-1125 | Worrell v. US DofN | Jun 12, 2008 | Affirmed | |
| 06-CV-1198 | William L. Kauffman v. IBT. | Jun 12, 2008 | ||
| 01-CF-1131 | Thomas Bell v. US | Jun 12, 2008 | ||
| 07-BG-321 | In re J. Coury MacDonald. | Jun 12, 2008 | ||
| 04-CF-529 | Stafford v. US | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | Leibovitz |
| 06-CO-1163+ | Patrick v. US | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | R. Diaz |
| 06-CM-1591 | Williams v. US | Jun 09, 2008 | RV/RM | Clark |
| 06-CF-1243 | Sweeney v. US | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | Leibovitz |
| 04-PR-174 | In re Bird Estate | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | Burgess |
| 07-CM-201 | Jones v. US | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | Puig-Lugo |
| 06-AA-1406 | Gunn v. SDH Services | Jun 09, 2008 | Affirmed | |
| 05-CV-1029 | Shirley Ivey v. DC | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 07-AA-362 | N Street Follies v. DC BZA. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 06-AA-743 | Benjamin Ramey v. DC DOES. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 07-BG-73+ | In re Charles Wright. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 07-AA-653 | Fazenbaker v. DC PFB | Jun 05, 2008 | Affirmed | |
| 06-CV-959 | Robert Snowder v. DC | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 07-BG-88 | In re Christopher Reed. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| 05-CF-663+ | Gray v. US | Jun 05, 2008 | AF/RM | E. Christian |
| 07-CM-331 | Whylie v. US | Jun 04, 2008 | Affirmed | Lopez |
| 04-CM-1262 | Murphy v. US | Jun 04, 2008 | AF/RM | Morrison |
| 07-CO-867 | Andrews v. US | Jun 03, 2008 | Affirmed | Retchin |
| 06-CM-879 | Young v. US | Jun 03, 2008 | Affirmed | Clark |
| 06-CF-29 | Reddix v. US | Jun 03, 2008 | Affirmed | Leibovitz |
| 06-FM-1112 | Grant v. Grant | Jun 03, 2008 | AF/RV/RM | Byrd |
| 05-CV-439 | Atkinson v. Wilbon | Jun 03, 2008 | Affirmed | Duncan-Peters |
| 07-FM-139 | Goore v. Williams | Jun 02, 2008 | Remanded | Vincent |
| 07-CO-228+ | Wooden v. US | Jun 02, 2008 | Affirmed | Burgess |
| 04-CV-1559 | Chibs v. Fisher | Jun 02, 2008 | Affirmed | BlackburneRigsby/Weisberg |
| 05-AA-700+ | Taylor+ v. DC DOES | May 30, 2008 | Affirmed, | |
| 06-AA-1020 | Dorothy Miller v. DC BZA. | May 29, 2008 |
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