Legal Opinion
Oliver T. Carr, Jr., Trustee v. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 18, 1980No. 79-1571PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
In one of the most successful examples of urban development based upon cooperation between government and the private sector, Maryland landowners and trustees appointed by President George Washington arranged in 1791 for transfers of land to establish a Federal City, later named Washington. 1 In this action and similar litigation in the Court of Claims 2 and District of Columbia courts, 3 latter twentieth century real estate developers have rehearsed the history of the creation of the nation’s capital. The context is a dispute over the District’s current authority to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Durfee v. DukeSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- T. J. Starker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Century Home Components, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Mimi Cutler, Stephen D. Annand and National Council of Senior Citizens v. Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Jack Faucett Associates, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Schneider v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- American Medical International, Inc. v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Synanon Church v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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