Legal Opinion
Webb v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 27, 1986No. 85-401PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Petitioner, a landlord, challenges a decision of the Rental Housing Commission (RHC) which (1) held she knowingly had charged rent in excess of the rent ceiling and (2) ordered her to refund treble the amount of the overcharges to the tenant-in-tervenor. D.C.Code § 45-1591(a) (1981). 1 Petitioner claims the Hearing Examiner’s finding that there was “no evidence” she “acted knowingly or willfully” precluded the RHC from imposing any penalty against her. Petitioner also contends the RHC, in any event, had no authority to treble the amount of the refund otherwise…
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- Quality Management, Inc. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Yasuna v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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