Legal Opinion
Cook v. Edgewood Management Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2003No. 00-CV-1011PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
This case concerns a complaint filed by the landlord, appellee Edgewood Management Corp. (“Edgewood”) to evict appellant Tuwana Cook, her children and grandchildren, from an apartment unit in a District of Columbia housing complex located in a neighborhood with a reputation for substantial drug activity. The complaint was based on the District of Columbia Residential Drug-Related Evictions Act of 1990 (“the RDEA”), and a federal regulation concerning drug-related criminal activity in federally subsidized housing. After the jury returned a verdict in favor of the…
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