Napoleon v. Heard

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Maryland law is the “source of the District’s common law and an especially persuasive authority when the District’s common law is silent”
• observing that Maryland law is “especially persuasive authority when the District’s common law is silent” because Maryland is the source of D.C. common law
• Maryland law is the “source of the District’s common law and an especially persuasive authority when the District’s common law is silent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).