Legal Opinion
Lee v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 6, 1980No. 79-199PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Petitioners challenge a decision of the Board of Appeals and Review which granted intervenor BGM Associates (BGM) a variance excusing BGM from compliance with certain emergency directives to correct Housing Code violations. We find that petitioners lack standing, and therefore dismiss the petition for review.
I
This appeal is but one step in a long dispute involving a few tenants’ efforts to resist their landlord’s attempts to evict them. BGM, the landlord, owns the Garfield Hills Apartments, a complex consisting of 104 rental units. On March 15, 1978, all tenants were…
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