District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 8/14/1970
Shaw v. May Department Stores Co.
Citations
- 268 A.2d 607
- 1970 D.C. App. LEXIS 329
How courts have described this case
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- detention of suspected shoplifter for questioning for approximately one hour does not rise to gravity of false imprisonment where initial detention was based on probable cause
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Judges: Hood, Gallagher, Nebeker
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Honorable Ronald v. Dellums v. James M. Powell, Chief, United States Capitol Police, Jerry v. Wilson, Chief, Metropolitan Police DepartmentD.C. Circuit· 1977-11-14· cited 335×
- Marshall v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-09-18· cited 110×
- Harris v. United States Department of Veterans AffairsD.C. Circuit· 2015-01-23· cited 70×
- Faniel v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-06-26· cited 69×
- May Department Stores Company, Inc. v. DevercelliDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-12-14· cited 55×
- Carr v. Bio-Medical Applications of Washington, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-12-01· cited 51×
- Clarke v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-11-21· cited 42×
- Lewis v. Farmer Jack Division, IncMichigan Supreme Court· 1982-12-20· cited 39×
- Hunter v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia· 2011-11-15· cited 38×
- Curry v. Giant Food Co. of DCDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-03-30· cited 32×
- Dent v. May Department Stores Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-06-08· cited 30×
- Garay v. LirianoDistrict of Columbia· 2013-05-03· cited 28×
- Smith v. TuckerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-05-04· cited 26×
- Barnhardt v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia· 2010-07-16· cited 25×
- Hernandez v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia· 2012-02-27· cited 22×
- Washington v. May Department StoresDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-06-23· cited 21×
- Garrett v. City of BloomingtonIndiana Court of Appeals· 1985-05-21· cited 20×
- Zhi Chen v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia· 2011-09-09· cited 16×
- Tookes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia· 2011-09-19· cited 15×
- Wilcox v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia· 1981-02-25· cited 14×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. BarrackCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-05-08· cited 96×
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. PaulCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-06· cited 88×
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-07-09· cited 66×
- Lawrence S. Gross and Pauline S. Gross v. Frances C. OwenD.C. Circuit· 1955-04-08· cited 51×
- Prieto v. May Department Stores CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1966-02-01· cited 32×
- Pratt v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-03-19· cited 19×
- Hardy v. HardyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1964-02-28· cited 14×
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