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THORNTON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 91-CV-1251.

647 A.2d 385 (1994)

Lucinda D. THORNTON, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn E. Cunningham, Washington, DC, for appellants.

James C. McKay, Jr., Asst. Corp., Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Three public housing tenants (the tenants) appeal from a decision of the trial court dismissing their civil actions for injunctive and declaratory relief. In their suits, the tenants sought to prevent the District of Columbia Department of Public and Assisted Housing (DPAH) from filing actions for possession against them based partly upon rent owed under leases with DPAH for housing units from which the tenants had been transferred to permit...

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