Legal Opinion
Tenants of 738 Longfellow Street, N.W. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 1990No. 89-221PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This is a case in which, at first blush, the posture and rhetoric of the parties appear to be the reverse of what conventionally occurs in disputes between landlords and tenants. The owner of an apartment complex insists that his property is old and decayed and in poor condition and must be substantially overhauled. His tenants say in effect that the place is not so bad at all *1209and that less work needs to be done than the owner claims is required.1
The explanation for this intriguing variation from the more usual state of affairs is that the owner proposes to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Manhattan General Equipment Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Dixon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Goodman v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Washington Times v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Fonville v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- Council of the District of Columbia v. ClayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Columbia Realty Venture v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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