Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. v. District of Columbia

Decided October 26, 1990. Frank E. Schwelb wrote the opinion for the court.

581 A.2d 1229 · Cited 112 times

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• Hornstein v. Barry · 560 A.2d 530
• South Carolina Tax Commission v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 221 S.E.2d 522
• United States v. Rutherford · 442 U.S. 544
• District of Columbia v. Pierce Associates, Inc. · 527 A.2d 306
• Country Mutual Insurance v. Knight · 240 N.E.2d 612
• State, Ex Rel. Brown v. Howard · 444 N.E.2d 469
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535
• Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States · 143 U.S. 457
• Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal · 359 U.S. 231
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax Commission · 481 U.S. 454
• West Virginia v. United States · 479 U.S. 305
• Blackmer v. United States · 284 U.S. 421
• Weinberger v. Rossi · 456 U.S. 25
• Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission · 567 A.2d 43
• Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania · 368 U.S. 71
• United States v. Harris · 177 U.S. 305
• Hoffmann v. Clark · 372 N.E.2d 74
• People Ex Rel. Callahan v. Marshall Field & Co. · 404 N.E.2d 368
• Cory v. Golden State Bank · 95 Cal. App. 3d 360
• Cabell v. Markham · 148 F.2d 737
• State v. Labato · 80 A.2d 617

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