Legal Opinion
Alexander v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1988No. 86-770PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
In this case, we are called upon to deal with the issue of the award of attorney fees 1 in rental housing act litigation to a pro se tenant who is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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Petitioner Alexander, an attorney, recovered treble damages from his landlord in a Rent Administrator’s decision, dated April 8, 1985, under the Rental Housing Act of 1980, D.C.Code §§ 45-1501 to -1597 (1981). 2 The decision was based on the landlord’s plain violation of the statutory ban against implementing two rent increases within a six-month period. D.C.Code § 45-1519(g) (1981). The Rent Administrator…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ellis v. CassidyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Eddie David Cox v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Edward Brown v. Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by12 opinions
- McReady v. Department of Consumer & Regulatory AffairsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Upson v. WallaceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Hampton Courts Tenants Ass'n v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Lenkin Co. Management v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Donahue v. ThomasDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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