Legal Opinion
Brown v. Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 14, 1975No. 9268PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
At issue in this appeal — filed by a husband from denial of a motion “to vacate or amend the divorce decree and for a new trial” — is the refusal of the trial court to honor a pretrial settlement arrived at by the parties in the framing of the decree.
The suit was commenced by the wife in a complaint alleging mutually voluntary separation for a period of more than one year, and requesting absolute divorce, custody of the couple’s only child, alimony, and title to the house then held by the couple as tenants by the entirety. The husband counterclaimed on the grounds of adultery and desertion,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Teodore Dorotee Autera v. Manuel Dudley Robinson, Anthony C. Autera v. Manuel Dudley RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Rommel v. West American Insurance CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- Blumenthal v. BlumenthalDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Brewood v. CookCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Margaret Schanck v. Marvin JonesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Wemhoff v. Investors Management Corp. of AmericaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Makins v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
- Harold R. Farrow v. Robert v. Cahill and Joel R. KaswellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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