Legal Opinion
Revithes v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1987No. 84-1269PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Petitioner Lola Revithes seeks review of a decision of the Rental Housing Commission (“RHC”) affirming a hearing examiner’s order that Revithes refund to tenant-intervenors Bessie Janis Stamper and Igor Kozak $10,784 each as trebled damages for rent overcharges for the period between August 1978, and October 1982. The decision and order also imposed a $5,000 fine on Revithes for her allegedly willful violations of the rental housing laws. On appeal, Revithes raises two issues. She argues that under the “small landlord” exemption to rent control, she was exempt from rent…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Remin v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Totz v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Harris v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Goodman v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Tenants of 738 Longfellow Street, N.W. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Hanson v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Seman v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Majerle Management, Inc. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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