Legal Opinion

Lavergne v. United States House of Representatives

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided January 2, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2017-0793Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EUGENE MARTIN LAVERGNE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 17-793-CKK-CP-RDM UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Eugene Martin LaVergne (“LaVergne”) originally brought this action along with four co- plaintiffs. LaVergne, however, faced a hurdle his co-plaintiffs did not: he had previously brought, litigated, and lost essentially the same case before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. See LaVergne v. Bryson, No. 11-7117,

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2Cases cited10 opinions

Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
Marconi Wireless Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
Elouise Cobell v. Sally JewellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
United States v. DeFries, Clayton E.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
Howard Greene v. Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985

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