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DELSNIDER v. GOULD

No. 9003.

154 F.2d 844 (1946)

DELSNIDER v. GOULD et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided March 25, 1946.

As Amended April 26, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas J. Ahern, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Messrs. W. Cameron Burton and Thomas B. Heffelfinger, both of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Mr. James A. Crooks, General Counsel, Office of Rent Control for the District of Columbia, of Washington, D. C., submitted a brief as amicus curiae, on behalf of Robert F. Cogswell, of Washington, D. C., Administrator of Rent Control.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This case arose under that section of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act1 which provides that if a landlord receives rent in excess of the maximum-rent ceiling, the tenant may recover double the amount of the excess, plus costs and attorneys' fees. Appellees were tenants of a dwelling under an eight-month lease dated August 1, 1943. They brought action against...

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