Legal Opinion
Coffin v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1974No. 7386PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal is from an order entered at the conclusion of plaintiff-appellant’s case denying recovery in a suit for breach of contract. The question is whether appellant may recover from the District of Columbia any part or all of an amount claimed for consultation services rendered to the Office of Community Renewal (OCR) even though there was no prior underlying formal, written contract. The trial court concluded that no recovery was available. We hold that the District of Columbia is liable for payment of $2,500, an amount which the District’s contracting agent is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- District of Columbia v. CahillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931
- Snyder v. HillegeistCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Moses v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- District of Columbia v. StewartDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- National Hospital Service Soc., Inc. v. JordanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- District of Columbia v. GreeneDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Wieck v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Williams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
- Aziken v. Dist. of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
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