YASUNA v. D.C. RENTAL HOUSING COM'N

No. 84-981.

504 A.2d 605 (1986)

Muriel YASUNA, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL HOUSING COMMISSION, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Robbins, with whom Stephen O. Hessler, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for petitioner.

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent.

Before NEBEKER and TERRY, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal by landlord Muriel Yasuna from a decision and order of the Rental Housing Commission which affirmed an award of treble damages for alleged rental overcharges to tenant John Simmons. The landlord challenges the assumption of the Rental Housing Commission's (RHC) jurisdiction to rule on rental overcharges in light of prior Superior Court judgments in her suits for possession. The landlord also argues that the award of treble...

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