Legal Opinion
Richardson v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 1957No. 2007PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating Section 157(j) of the Traffic and Motor Vehicle Regulations, which provides:
“No individual shall operate a motor vehicle in the District * * *, without having first obtained an operator’s permit * *
His appeal presents this single question: Is an individual who manually pushes an automobile, temporarily incapable of movement under its own power, along a highway and controls -its direction by. reaching, through an open window and manipulating the steering wheel, guilty of violating the above-quoted regulation? 1 The answer necessarily…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hand v. FrazerNew York Supreme Court · 1931
- State v. SullivanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Dewhirst v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- State v. RobertsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- Norcross v. B. L. Roberts Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Taylor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Santos v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Houston v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- United States v. Robert WestonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Loftus v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
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