Legal Opinion
Porter Novelli, Inc. v. Bender
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 2003No. 00-CV-822, 00-CV-842, 02-CV-87PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Senior Judge:
In this dispute between Bender (a landlord) and Porter Novelli (a commercial subtenant), the central question is whether the subtenant — in holding over for more than four months after the lease (and sublease) expired at the end of December 1999 — is liable to the landlord for double or triple rent during the holdover period.
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Landlord filed an action for possession and motion for summary judgment in the landlord-tenant court, which stayed eviction and issued a protective order obliging subtenant to pay double rent into the court registry — reflecting the holdover penalty…
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