Legal Opinion
Powell v. Washington Land Co., Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 7, 1996No. 93-CV-258PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Andria Powell, appellant, appeals the dismissal with prejudice of her complaint pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The appellant filed her complaint pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-921 (1995) on March 10,1992. The complaint contained three counts: count I alleged that the appellee’s conduct constituted a wrongful eviction, count II alleged that the appellee’s eviction of the appellant was in violation of the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay provision, 11 U.S.C. § 362 (1988), and count III alleged that the appel-lee’s actions…
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