Bruce v. Potomac Electric Power Co.

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• “[T]his court may not render in the abstract an advisory opinion.”

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Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Bromfield-Thompson v. McNally
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2025-04-24

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 6,250×
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-16· cited 1,710×
• United States v. Edwards
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-05-08· cited 205×
• Watts v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-03-30· cited 157×
• Stormans Inc v. Mary Selecky
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-12-31· cited 65×
• Synanon Foundation, Inc. v. Bernstein
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-11-04· cited 53×
• Mount Hope Church v. Bash Back!
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-11-26· cited 47×
• Jemison v. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-11-05· cited 40×
• Settlemire v. District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-05-11· cited 38×
• Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury v. Walter Dobbs
  D.C. Circuit· 1991-05-03· cited 30×
• Jung v. Jung
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2004-03-11· cited 30×
• United States v. Harrod
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-02-24· cited 28×
• McClain v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-01-09· cited 24×
• Upson v. Wallace
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-09-09· cited 17×
• In Re Herndon
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-09-11· cited 15×
• Alberts v. HCA INC.
  District of Columbia· 2009-05-19· cited 12×
• Holley v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-12-09· cited 12×
• American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Ball
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-12-30· cited 12×
• Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Labor Committee v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2015-04-02· cited 10×
• Alexander v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  District of Columbia· 1999-03-31· cited 10×