DC Circuit Rejects Wine Bar's Trump Lawsuit, But Ducks Ruling On 'Presidential Immunity' Claims
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DC Circuit Rejects Wine Bar's Trump Lawsuit, But Ducks Ruling On 'Presidential Immunity' Claims
The judges rejected Cork Wine Bar’s lawsuit alleging Trump is violating a local fair competition rule through ownership of his D.C. hotel while he’s serving as president.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | February 28, 2020 at 11:31 AM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected a lawsuit from a restaurant challenging President Donald Trump’s ownership of his Washington, D.C., hotel under a local competition rule.
Cork Wine Bar initially sued Trump in D.C. Superior Court, arguing the president’s ownership of his hotel while he was in office violated the city’s fair competition rule because consumers may go to the property to try and curry favor with the Trump administration.
Trump’s lawyers with Morgan Lewis and Bockius had the case moved to D.C. federal court, citing Trump’s status as a federal officer. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon dismissed the case in November 2018, finding the restaurant failed to state a claim against the president.
In Friday’s ruling, the three judge panel for the D.C. Circuit—Judges Merrick Garland, Thomas Griffith and Stephen Williams—backed Leon’s opinion, finding the restaurant “makes no meaningful attempt to square its unfair-competition claim with District law.” (1)
(1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yDqLv5hWxJ_fsVCaUBHNbKaS851GbG-y/view
Read more: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/02/28/dc-circuit-rejects-wine-bars-trump-lawsuit-but-ducks-ruling-on-presidential-immunity-claims/
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