NWANKWO v. RENTAL HOUSING COM'N

No. 86-1249.

542 A.2d 827 (1988)

Lawrence NWANKWO, et al., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL HOUSING COMMISSION, Respondent, and Wolsey Semple, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Hekman-Lielbriedis, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Karen S. Dworkin, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Paul D. Crumrine, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for intervenor.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Petitioners (tenants) seek review of a decision and order of the Rental Housing Commission (Commission) refusing to invalidate a rent increase taken by their landlord under a provision of the Rental Housing Act of 1980, D.C.Code §§ 45-1501-1597 (1981).1 The tenants contended before the Commission and contend here that the rent increases were invalid because the landlord had not given them the requisite...

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