Legal Opinion
Bridges v. Clark
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 2013No. 11-CV-0862PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLEESE, Associate Judge:
Appellee Winfield Clark brought an eviction action against appellant Kisha Bridges for nonpayment of rent, and Ms. Bridges brought counterclaims against Mr. Clark for failing to fix various housing-code violations within a reasonable period of time. A jury rendered a verdict in favor of Mr. Clark. On appeal, Ms. Bridges argues that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of retaliation and by excluding as inadmissible hearsay an affidavit that Mr. Clark had submitted to the court as an attachment to his pretrial motion to dismiss. We…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- United States v. Wilbert B. WarrenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- JAIYEOLA v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
- United States v. William D. MorganCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Michael D. Tann v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
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- Marvin Holmes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
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