Mudd v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Petitioner Richard Mudd, who operates a real estate management company, appeals from the April 23, 1987, decision of the Rental Housing Commission (RHC) affirming the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division’s (RACD) award of treble damages against him under D.C.Code § 45-1591(a) (1981). He contends that the assessment was an abuse of discretion because it was “totally unreasonable and highly unfair.” He argues first that the statute is unconstitutional because it vests in the Rent Administrator absolute discretion to assess treble damages without any limiting…