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DEBERRY v. FIRST GOV. MORTG. & INVESTORS

No. 99-SP-411.

743 A.2d 699 (1999)

Lillie May DeBERRY, Appellant, v. FIRST GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE AND INVESTORS CORP., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Hessel, with whom Marc H. Sliffman; and Mark L. Leemon, Kensington, MD, were on the brief, for appellant.

Nathan I. Finkelstein, with whom Laurie B. Horvitz, Bethesda, MD, was on the brief, for appellee.

Jo Anne Robinson, Interim Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Bennett Rushkoff, Senior Counsel, filed a brief as amicus curiae for the District of Columbia.

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

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

The present appeal and certified question concern the scope of the provision of the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act ("CPPA" or "the Act")1 that declares it an "unlawful trade practice" for a person to "make or enforce unconscionable terms or provisions of sales or leases." D.C.Code § 28-3904(r). Specifically, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has...

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