Robert Grimes v. District of Columbia Business Decisions Information, Inc., Welton Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing IIED claim in which an employer allegedly “investigated [plaintiff], wrote a false report, and published that report to others” in retaliation for seeking disability benefits
• “We see no unfairness in affirming on the [stated] ground . . . because Mr. Grimes briefed that issue in this court and in the trial court.”
• “Where there will be no procedural unfairness, we may affirm a judgment on any valid ground, even if that ground was not relied upon by the trial judge . . . .” (internal quotation omitted)
• declining to address issue that was not briefed on appeal
• upholding dismissal of a complaint on this ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).