Legal Opinion
In Re McDonald
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 6, 1959No. 2255PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVER, Chief Judge.
Pursuant to Code 1951, § 11-908, a petition was filed in the Juvenile Court alleging that the appellees unlawfully entered a public elementary school and set fires there causing damages in the amount of approximately $20,000. Midway through the hearing and before the Government had 'completed the presentation of its evidence, the court sua sponte dismissed the case when the Government refused to disclose the identity of its informants. The District of Columbia brought this appeal and immediately thereafter appellees filed a motion in this court to dismiss the appeal for…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Alfred Eugene Rice v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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