Legal Opinion
Washington v. May Department Stores
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 23, 1978No. 12375PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
This appeal requires that we determine whether the trial court erred in granting appellees’ motion to dismiss a complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens. Appellant is a resident of the District of Columbia, who sought damages for false arrest, malicious prosecution, defamation, and negligence allegedly attributable to appel-lee, a New York corporation which operates the Hecht Company Department Stores in the Washington, D. C., metropolitan area. The events which gave rise to this lawsuit occurred at the Hecht’s Marlow Heights, Maryland store. On October 31,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cohane v. Arpeja-California, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Frost v. PEOPLES DRUG STORE, INCORPORATEDDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Carr v. Bio-Medical Applications of Washington, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Lawrence S. Gross and Pauline S. Gross v. Frances C. OwenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Hechinger Co. v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
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