Legal Opinion
Threatt v. Winston
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 2006No. 04-CV-191, 04-CV-545PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
This dispute arises out of a landlord-tenant relationship. Appellant Patrick Threatt sued Gregory Winston for wrongful eviction, breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment, and conversion of personal property. The trial court granted appel-lee’s motion to dismiss, concluding that the action was barred because the Landlord-Tenant Branch of the Superior Court’s Civil Division previously had entered a default judgment granting possession of the apartment to Winston. Appellant argues that he should not have been precluded from bringing his wrongful eviction action because the…
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