Legal Opinion
Grunley Construction Co. v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 1997No. 96-CV-148PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHTER, Associate Judge:
The trial court granted a motion filed by the District of Columbia seeking to quash a garnishment of a bank account containing District funds on the ground that the District funds were protected from attachment under well-established principles of sovereign immunity. This appeal presents the questions of whether 1) the asserted immunity from garnishment was precluded by the general waiver of sovereign immunity in the District’s Procurement Practices Act, D.C.Code § 1-1188.1 (1981) (hereinafter Procurement Act); and, if not, 2) whether the failure of the District to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. BurrSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 2Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Embassy of the People's Republic of Benin v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Chewning v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
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