Rahman v. Federal Management Co.

In 1983 tenants of the defendant’s 504-unit apartment complex near Fresh Pond in Cambridge brought a class action complaining of various abusive practices employed by the defendant in evicting tenants. They were granted a preliminary injunction barring the defendant from proceeding with any new summary process action against members of the class in eight specified situations. An appeal from the order granting the injunction was later dismissed, apparently by stipulation. The principal action is still pending in the Superior Court.

In December, 1984, a complaint for civil contempt was brought…