Legal Opinion
Ahmed v. District of Columbia Hackers License Appeal Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1985No. 84-639PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
The Hackers License . Appeal Board found that petitioner, a taxicab driver, violated 15 DCMR § 350.7 (1983) when he refused to transport a passenger to her destination and fined him $200. We hold that the Board erred and reverse its decision.
I
One evening in November 1983, Mohammed Ahmed was operating his cab in the vicinity of the Washington Hilton Hotel. After he had parked his cab across the street from the hotel, where there was no cab stand, Ahmed noticed a bus from Dulles Airport unloading passengers near the hotel entrance. He crossed the street and began to ask…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Dell v. Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Perkins v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Arthur v. District of Columbia Nurses' Examining BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Dankman v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hun Kim Lim v. District of Columbia Taxicab CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Spackman v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Carpenter v. District of Columbia Traffic Adjudication Appeal BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Lim v. TAXICAB COM'NDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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