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DC Court of Appeals Opinions and MOJs

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
02-CV-685 White v. McCurdy Mar 12, 2003 Affirmed none
01-CF-597 Budd v. US Mar 12, 2003 Affirmed Tignor
01-CO-893 Feaster v. US Mar 12, 2003 Affirmed Graae
02-AA-548 Craig v. DC Dept. of Employment Services Mar 12, 2003 Affirmed none
99-CM-365 Davis-Lowe v. US Mar 11, 2003 Affirmed Jackson
01-CV-232, 01-CV-233 Cater & Hitch v. Columbia Condominium Assoc. Mar 11, 2003 Affirmed Zeldon
96-CF-1216, 01-CO-756, 02-CO-134 McAllister v. US Mar 11, 2003 Affirmed Greene
02-CO-438 Hill v. US Mar 11, 2003 Affirmed Dorsey
02-SP-475 Farmer v. Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency Mar 11, 2003 Affirmed Murphy
98-CF-1264 Dyson v. US Mar 10, 2003 Affirmed Kramer
02-AA-121 Risk Enterprise Mgmt. v. DC Dept. of Employment Services Mar 10, 2003 Affirmed none
02-AA-603 Pickstock v. DC Department of Employment Services Mar 07, 2003 Affirmed none
99-CM-1560 Tibbs v. US Mar 07, 2003 Affirmed Campbell
00-CV-869 C. Peyton Barton, Jr. v. District of Columbia. Mar 06, 2003
92-CF-938, 01-CO-681 Larry J. McClinton v. US (correction made 3/18/03). Mar 06, 2003
00-CF-1459 Benjamin Alcindore v. United States. Mar 06, 2003
02-CV-180 James Chappelle v. Alaska Seaboard Partners, L.P. Mar 06, 2003
99-FM-1463 Hui Ci Li v. Chun Bong Lee. Mar 06, 2003
02-CO-257 Coats v. US Mar 05, 2003 Affirmed Tignor
00-CF-753 Howell v. US Mar 05, 2003 Affirmed Wynn
02-CM-355 Coleman v. US Mar 05, 2003 Affirmed Campbell
01-CF-1428 Young v. US Mar 04, 2003 Affirmed Rankin
02-CO-415 Jacobs v. US Mar 04, 2003 Affirmed Rankin
02-CO-267 Whitehead v. US Mar 04, 2003 Affirmed Edwards
01-CV-1517, 01-CV-1519, 01-CV-1520 Bennett v. Midfirst Bank, Bennett v. Boykin Mar 04, 2003 Affirmed Long, Davis
00-CM-1471, 01-CO-900 Mathis v. US Mar 04, 2003 Affirmed Walton
01-CM-379 Clark v. US Feb 28, 2003 Affirmed Hess
97-CF-2055 Jackson v. US Feb 28, 2003 Affirmed Burgess
02-AA-369, 02-AA-370 Felicity's, Inc., v. DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Feb 27, 2003
94-CF-794, 99-CO-1551 Antonio E. Bell v. US (On Petition for Rehearing and amends 6/27/02 opinion ). Feb 27, 2003
02-BG-139 In re: Hendrith V. Smith. Feb 27, 2003
96-BG-1214 In re: Allen M. Shore. Feb 27, 2003
00-BG-2 In re: David E. Edmonds. Feb 27, 2003
00-CV-847 Ideal Electronic Security Co., Inc., et al. v. Tyrone Bnoden, et al. Feb 27, 2003
02-CV-168 Edamarie Coburn, et al. v. Robert E. Heggestad. Feb 27, 2003
99-CF-937 Tovar v. US Feb 26, 2003 Affirmed Milliken
00-CM-1658 Massey v. US Feb 25, 2003 Affirmed Crawford Queen
96-CF-1337, 98-CO-1624 Carr v. US Feb 25, 2003 Affirmed Kollar-Kottelly
99-CF-1211 Hicks v. US Feb 24, 2003 Affirmed Morin
01-CM-494 Holloway v. US Feb 24, 2003 Affirmed Mitchell-Rankin
01-CV-1153 Jones v. Safeway Stores Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Mize
00-CF-830, 00-CO-460 Bramne v. US Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Milliken
98-CF-1887 Rosser v. US Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Weisberg
01-CF-433 Wiggins v. US Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Cushenberry
01-CV-1563 Pittman v. Jones Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Beck
95-CF-897 Napper v. US Feb 21, 2003 Affirmed Cushenberry
00-CV-822, 00-CV-842, 02-CV-87, 01-CV-1204, 01-CV-1205 Porter Novelli, Inc. v. Howard Bender, General Partner for Jack I. Bender & Sons. Feb 20, 2003
01-CV-1437 Sylvia Maalouf v. Imran Butt, et al. Feb 20, 2003
01-AA-1580 Justice Adjei v. DC Department of Employment Services and Colonial Dodge, Inc. and Universal Underwriters Insurance Company. Feb 20, 2003
01-PR-789 In re: Estate of Margaret J. Bonham. Feb 20, 2003