Legal Opinion
Pfeffer v. Ernst
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 1951No. 1083PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Charging that the Broadmoor Hotel had refused to reemploy her as an assistant housekeeper and that such refusal had caused her “mental shock,” plaintiff sued for damages. The case was once tried to a jury and a verdict was directed for defendant. The judge who presided at that trial set aside the verdict and granted plaintiff’s motion for new trial.
This time the case was presented to another judge on a written stipulation by which jury trial was waived and the issues submitted for decision by the court. The stipulation recited that six weeks after she had entered on her…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Associated Press v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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- Clark v. Associated Retail Credit Men of WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Littell v. Evening Star Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Kassem v. Washington Hospital CenterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Nolting v. National Capital Group, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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