District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2005

Published opinions from 2005. The case name opens the case page.

2005 opinions

D.C.Cletus Oparaugo, Appellant v. Lydia Watts, Appellees

October 6, 20052005 D.C. App. LEXIS 501

The court reversed the dismissal of Oparaugo’s defamation and conspiracy complaint and remanded for further proceedings. It held that the trial court could apply District of Columbia law because Oparaugo, despite having an opportunity to invoke Nigerian law, supplied no information about its content; but the pleadings…

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