Legal Opinion
Hornstein v. Barry
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 1989No. 83-242PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EN BANC
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Appellants challenge the constitutionality of the District’s Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act, D.C.Code §§ 45-1601 et seq. (1986 and 1988 Supp.) (hereinafter the RHCSA or the Act). This statute provides in substance that an owner of rental housing may not convert it to condominium use unless fifty per cent of the eligible tenants consent to such conversion. We uphold the validity of the tenant consent requirement and reject the contention that it constitutes an improper delegation of legislative authority. We perceive little, if any, legal…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1996
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