Legal Opinion
Azzam v. Rightway Development Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 10, 2011No. Civil Action 11-00622 (BAH)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
“A man’s house is his castle,” even if others do not perceive it as such. In this unusual case, Plaintiff Rafat Azzam alleges that one day he returned to his house to find that his house and its contents had vanished entirely. The plaintiff alleges that a few months after purchasing a new house in the District of Columbia, he arrived at his property to find only an empty lot where his house had previously stood. The plaintiff brought this lawsuit seeking to hold three defendants liable for unlawfully demolishing his house: the bank from which…
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