Legal Opinion
Thornton v. Little Sisters of the Poor
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1977No. 11008PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the dismissal by the Superior Court of a civil action instituted by the Administrators and Trustees of the estate of Joseph Foller, deceased, and Katherine Rohleder, deceased, against the Little Sisters of the Poor,' St. Joseph’s Home and School, and Lawyers Title Insurance Company.
The case arose out of the condemnation of a parcel of land instituted in June of 1971 when the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency (the Agency) filed a Complaint in Condemnation and Declaration of Taking with the United States District Court. To ascertain the property’s ownership,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Spilker v. HankinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Cecil Tutt v. Lewis DobyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Elizabeth Annat v. Daniel B. Beard and Warren J. Hamilton, Elizabeth Annat v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Taylor v. EnglandDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Williams v. GerstenfeldDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Needham v. HamiltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Calamari v. GraceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Aronoff v. Lenkin Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Hinton v. HintonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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