Opinion ID: 2331585
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 30

Heading: Level of Discretion Available to the Trial Court

Text: The law of the case doctrine bars a trial court from reconsidering the same question of law that was submitted to and adjudicated by another court of coordinate jurisdiction. Weinberg v. Johnson, 518 A.2d 985, 987 (D.C.1986). This doctrine applies if the first ruling is sufficiently final and is not clearly erroneous in light of newly presented facts or a change in substantive law. Williams v. Board of Trustees of Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, 589 A.2d 901, 907 (D.C.) (internal quotations and citation omitted), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 865, 112 S.Ct. 190, 116 L.Ed.2d 151 (1991).