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· 10/24/1984

District of Columbia v. Cooper

Citations

  • 483 A.2d 317
  • 1984 D.C. App. LEXIS 514

How courts have described this case

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

  • D.C. prisoners have “no legitimate expectation” that they will remain in D.C. prison facility
  • D.C. prisoners have \no legitimate expectation\ that they will remain in D.C. prison facility
  • elements of a cause of action for negligence include damage to the interests of the plaintiff
  • plaintiff who sued for psychological injuries allegedly incurred in prison was not entitled to confidentiality of juvenile records which proved that such damages occurred before imprisonment

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Judges: Newman, Pryor, Terry

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