Legal Opinion
Adler v. Abramson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1999No. 97-CV-1808PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment, after a bench trial, rejecting claims that the defendants had charged excessive management fees to, and double-billed, the plaintiffs, commercial tenants of a building owned by the defendants and managed through defendants’ affiliate companies. The primary question is whether the operating expenses clause of the parties’ lease, allowing the tenant to be charged with, among other things, management fees “not to exceed 5% of gross collections,” is subject to an implied condition that those fees not exceed a market rate. The trial court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Cobb v. Standard Drug Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- 1010 Potomac Associates v. Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- One-O-One Enterprises, Inc. v. Richard E. CarusoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Hercules & Co. v. Shama Restaurant Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by28 opinions
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