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JONATHAN WOODNER CO. v. LAUFER

No. 85-1059.

531 A.2d 280 (1987)

JONATHAN WOODNER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Steven Z. LAUFER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr., with whom Robert F. Condon, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Steven Sarfatti, with whom Charles R. Donnenfeld and David N. Yellen, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This litigation resulted from the parties' failed real estate development project, each party claiming breach of contract. The trial court, after a non-jury trial, found that timely completion of the project was rendered impossible by unanticipated changes in the District of Columbia's condominium conversion laws, so that there was no breach of contract, and neither party was entitled to damages. However, appellee Laufer, who had rendered services...

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