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· 12/4/1997

Lande v. Menage Ltd. Partnership

Citations

  • 702 A.2d 1259
  • 1997 D.C. App. LEXIS 269
  • 1997 WL 746368

How courts have described this case

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

  • \[A] private entity which employs a police officer during his off-duty hours is not liable for actions of the officer in carrying out his public duty as a police officer.\
  • plain-clothes, off-duty officers, who stopped nightclub patron from leaving premises with open beer bottle, which would have violated ordinance, were acting as officers, even though one worked at the club when off duty
  • even off-duty police officers can be engaged in official functions

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Judges: Wagner, Chief Judge, and Terry and Farrell, Associate Judges

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