Legal Opinion
Winchester Van Buren Tenants Ass'n v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1988No. 87-1130PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Judges in this city who are called upon to decide landlord and tenant controversies in general and rent control cases in particular must accustom themselves to encounters with the esoteric and the arcane. When Judge Terry, writing for the court in Afshar v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 504 A.2d 1105, 1108 (D.C.1986), characterized one sanction for “rent ceiling” violations, the “rollback” of rent, as a “mysterious creature,” he might as easily have been describing any one of a plethora of concepts in the legislation. To do well in this area of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Trans-Lux Radio City Corp. v. Service Parking Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Drayton v. Poretsky Management, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Remin v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Guerra v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Simpson v. District of Columbia Office of Human RightsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Harris v. District of Columbia Office of Worker's CompensationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Luck v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Tenants of 738 Longfellow Street, N.W. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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