Legal Opinion

Filippone v. District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 21, 1948No. 675PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted and fined on a charge that he violated a traffic regulation which requires that a motorist approaching an intersection controlled by an official stop sign shall yield the right of way to other vehicles within the intersection or approaching so closely thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.1 He appeals, charging that the finding of guilt by the trial judge was contrary to the evidence and the law, and was not supported by the evidence.

From our study of the statement of evidence in the light of the errors assigned we have decided that we would…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lawson v. United States Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Nolan v. WerthCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Brenke v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
  2. Russell v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955

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