Legal Opinion
Rudder v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 9, 1954No. 1429PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
The United States Government sued in the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Municipal Court to recover possession of an apartment in Lincoln Heights Dwellings, a low-rent housing project constructed under the United States Housing Act of 1937. 1 The property is owned by the United States and managed by the National Capital Housing Authority. Appellants, Mr.-and Mrs. Rudder, obtained possession of the apartment under a written month-to-month agreement in June 1952. In July 1952 Congress passed the Gwinn Amendment, providing that “no housing unit constructed under the United…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- William T. Bell and Margie Bell v. Tsintolas Realty Company, James Coates v. Ruppert Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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