Legal Opinion
Clement v. District of Columbia Department of Human Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 12, 1993No. 91-CV-629, 91-CV-707PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This appeal addresses the power of a trial court to reopen and expand upon a final order rendered by the trial court in a civil action. It involves a man who died, leaving behind three women all claiming to be his legal surviving spouse. In an action immediately following his death in which the disposition of his body was at issue, the trial court ruled that “for the limited purposes of [that] hearing,” it appeared that appellee Betty Clement was the surviving spouse and thus, the court ordered the body released to her. Some nine months later, the trial court issued…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Security Mutual Casualty Company v. Century Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. KarahaliasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- John Curtis Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Jackson Tool & Die, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Fleming v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. OxendineDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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