Legal Opinion
Chewning v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 14, 1941No. 7669PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
The question is whether, as the District Court held, the District of Columbia is exempt from garnishment proceedings for the collection of a private judgment.1 This is a question of statutory construction. The garnishment statute does not mention the District, but refers generally to “any garnishee.”2 The prevailing rule exempts municipal corporations from garnishment unless a statute expressly includes them,3 on the theory that they should not be subjected, at the expense of taxpayers, to litigation in which they have no interest. The District has 12,000…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. BurrSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Cooper Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Columbia Brick Co. v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1893
3Cited by11 opinions
- Keith Winston Watters v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Brenda Blocker, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. v. Walter E. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Beneficial Finance Co. Of New York, Inc. v. Ronald Dallas and Mary E. Dallas, and United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Lawhorn v. LawhornDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1972
- Grunley Construction Co. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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