Legal Opinion

Meier v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 19, 1977No. 10857PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission (hereafter Commission) affirming in part an order of the Acting Rent Administrator. Several issues are raised for review. However, we find it necessary to decide only one: whether the procedures utilized violated the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act (hereafter DCAPA), D.C.Code 1973, §§ 1-1501, et seq. Finding they did, we reverse.

John C. Scherbarth, a tenant in an apartment building owned by petitioner, filed a complaint with the Rent Administrator alleging,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Wallace v. District Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McCulloch v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Smith v. D.C. Rental Accommodations CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Turner v. ApollonioSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
  4. PEPCO v. PSC of DCDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2024

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