TENANTS OF 2301 E STREET v. HOUSING COM'N

No. 89-727.

580 A.2d 622 (1990)

TENANTS OF 2301 E STREET, N.W., Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENTAL HOUSING COMMISSION, Respondent. Columbia Plaza Limited Partnership, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McGranery, Jr., Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief, on behalf of respondent.

Vincent Mark J. Policy, Washington, D.C., with whom Roger T. Scully, Bethesda, Md., was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before FERREN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This case had its inception in a dispute over relatively minor repairs to roofs which also serve as patios, and over the effect of such repairs on rent ceilings. It requires us to delve into the mysteries of agency procedure and the scope of judicial review thereof, the reach of the "private attorney general" doctrine, the perils of retroactivity, and that most familiar chestnut of the connoisseur of Rental Housing Act litigation, the

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