Legal Opinion

Hampton Courts Tenants Ass'n v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 21, 1991No. 90-1057PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case involves the determination of the amount of attorney’s fees to be awarded to the prevailing tenants’ association in a dispute under the Rental Housing Act, D.C.Code § 45-2501 et seq. (1990). The Rental Housing Commission cut back the $20,968.75 sought by the tenants’ counsel to $5,125.00, by reducing both the claimed hourly rate and the number of claimed compensable hours. We affirm.

I — The Facts

This litigation originated in a landlord-initiated petition for an increase in rents due to capital improvements, and is before us for the second time. The…

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