Legal Opinion
Dowd v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1984No. 83-238PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired:
Petitioner, a former detective with the Metropolitan Police Department, challenges an order of the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters’ Retirement and Relief Board (the Board) retiring him from service on the grounds of a disabling mental disorder not contracted in the performance of duty under the provisions of D.C. Code § 4-615(a) (1981).
Petitioner does not object to the Board’s decision that his mental condition amounted to a permanent disability, but contends that the Board’s findings, which led it to conclude that such disability was not due to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. Board of Appeals and ReviewDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Proulx v. Police & Firemen's Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- James R. Blohm v. Walter N. TobrinerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Kirkwood v. District of Columbia Police & Firemen's Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Allen v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Martin v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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- Beckman v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Croskey v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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