Legal Opinion
Warren v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 1981No. 79-6, 79-394PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*2NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellants Carolyn Warren, Miriam Douglas, and Joan Taliaferro in No. 79-6, and appellant Wilfred Nichol in No. 79-394 sued the District of Columbia and individual members of the Metropolitan Police Department for negligent failure to provide adequate police services. The respective trial judges held that the police were under no specific legal duty to provide protection to the individual appellants and dismissed the complaints for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Super. Ct.Civ.R. 12(b)(6). However, in a split decision a three-judge…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by122 opinions
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