Legal Opinion
Knable v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 9, 1977No. Nos. 75-1655, 75-1656PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners-appellants brought an action in the District Court for the District of Columbia for damages attributed to allegedly unlawful acts by respondents-appellees, the District of Columbia and federal and local officials,1 in the course of the 1971 May Day demonstrations in Washington, D.C.2 A judge of that court denied a motion for certification of the case as a class action 3 and, a day later, dismissed the complaint against the District of Columbia on the ground of…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- American Pipe & Construction Co. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Immigrant Assistance Project Of The Los Angeles County Federation Of Labor v. Immigration And Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Narenji v. CivilettiDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
- Immigrant Assistance Project of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Dorothy M. Ezell v. Mobile Housing BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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