Braxton v. National Capital Housing Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that, in the absence of statutory authorization, noncorporate bodies within the District of Columbia government \are not suable as separate entities\
• noting that “[c]ases in this jurisdiction have consistently' found that bodies within the District of Columbia government are not suable as separate entities” unless Congress established the entity as sui juris
• \Cases in this jurisdiction have consistently found that bodies within the District of Columbia government are not suable as separate entities.\
• \Cases in this jurisdiction have consistently found that bodies within the District of Columbia government are not suable as separate entities.\
• “A noncorporate department or other body within a municipal corporation is not [s]ui juris.” (emphasis added)
• police report failed to satisfy § 12-309 where it contained no indication that District employees were involved in the events leading up to the burglary and theft

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).