Legal Opinion
Gabrou v. May Department Stores Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1983No. 82-413PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
The parties agree that Hecht’s employees detained appellant for allegedly shoplifting a pair of gloves on December 10, 1979. A jury acquitted appellant of attempted petit larceny on April 17, 1980.
Appellant filed suit against Hecht’s and Joyce Hagen, the Hecht’s Special Police Officer who had preferred the charge against him, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, invasion of privacy, assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At the close of appellant’s case, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Jackson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Marshall v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Wade v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Prieto v. May Department Stores CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Michael McCarthy Arthur Waskow v. Richard G. KleindienstCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Robert H. Triplett v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Harris v. United States Department of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
- John Doe v. Joseph DigenovaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- District of Columbia v. MurphyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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