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   State Courts - District of Columbia - August 24 - August 25, 2006

  
District of Columbia v. Bender, Nos. 06-TX-255 & 06-TX-294, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: The D.C. Code Enactment Act of 1996, 44 D.C. Reg. 1264 (1997), did not violate the Home Rule Act, D.C. Code ? 1-201.01 et seq., by letting the District of Columbia Council impose an unincorporated business franchise tax on nonresident partners' income from a partnership, as it did not change statutes related to the tax, which Congress authorized.

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Goines v. United States, No. 03-CM-883, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Although the trial court erred in admitting evidence of two prior assaults on the complaining witness, the appellate court concluded, under a theory of curative admissibility, that the error was harmless; trial court's verdict did not appear to be swayed by the introduction of evidence of defendant's prior violence towards the complaining witness.

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In re Brandes, No. 06-BG-857, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Filed
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In re Danilov, No. 06-BG-906, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Filed
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In re Fredman, No. 06-BG-493, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Filed
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In re Yim, No. 06-BG-404, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Filed
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Overview: An attorney was disbarred after filing an affidavit consenting to disbarment, under D.C. Bar R. XI, ? 12, after considering the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility with respect thereto, and a letter from Bar Counsel taking no exception to the report and recommendation.

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Lattisaw v. District of Columbia, No. 04-CV-70, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 24, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Police officer's complaint for defamation and NIED against his employer were properly dismissed. The Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act, D.C. Code ? 1-601.01 et seq., provided District of Columbia personnel with their exclusive remedy for personnel issues, including common-law tort claims; thus, a grievance should have been filed with the employer.

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In re I.J., No. 03-FS-671, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, August 25, 2006, Filed
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