DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. UNITED JEWISH

Nos. 93-CV-398, 93-CV-1437 and 95-CV-541.

672 A.2d 1075 (1996)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON, INC. and Leon Gerber, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Danny M. Howell, Washington, DC, with whom Lipman Redman, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


PRYOR, Senior Judge:

This case began in 1989 when the District filed suit to quiet title in a piece of real property it had bought years earlier at its own tax sale, which had been necessitated by the non-payment of property taxes. Appellee United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Washington, Inc. ("UJAF"), as the owner of a beneficial first deed of trust on the property, counterclaimed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to declare the tax deed void, asserting that...

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