Legal Opinion
Seman v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 1989No. 87-1265PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Senior Judge.
In his petition for review, a tenant occupying a single family townhouse owned by a partnership, Halifax Square Associates, challenges an action of the Rental Housing Commission allowing the partnership to increase his monthly rent. The agency determined that this particular rental unit, although a condominium, was exempted by statute from rent control and, hence, its owners were free to set whatever rental they deemed appropriate. The tenant urges that this decision should be set aside as being in conflict with one of the agency’s own published regulations. In our…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Revithes v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Gibson v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hanson v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Price v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- MacAuley v. District of Columbia Taxicab CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Dorchester House Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Hornstein v. BarryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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