Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Diener's Linoleum and Tile Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 22, 1971No. 5430, 5431PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Associate Judge:
Orders of the trial court dismissing these suits as in excess of the jurisdictional limit set by D.C.Code 1967, § 11-961, upon civil actions for damages in that court, are challenged here as inconsistent with decisions in cases where the total amount sought is based on an aggregate of individual claims.
In separate actions against two different employers, the District of Columbia government is suing under the provisions of D.C.Code 1967, § 36-415, to recover wage claims assigned to it by employees assert-edly aggrieved by failure of their employers to pay them the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Waite v. Santa CruzSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Bullard v. City of CiscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Woodside v. BeckhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Phyllis Taylor v. Peter BeckasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Johnson & Jenkins Funeral Home, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Newman v. CoakleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- District of Columbia v. Schwerman Trucking Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974