TWIN TOWERS PLAZA TENANTS v. CAPITOL PARK

No. 04-CV-1534, 04-CV-1575.

894 A.2d 1113 (2006)

TWIN TOWERS PLAZA TENANTS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CAPITOL PARK ASSOCIATES, L.P., et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Skalet, with whom Jonathan K. Tycko, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

James Bruce Davis, with whom Mitchell B. Weitzman, Raighne C. Delaney, Scott J. Spooner, Arlington, VA, Caroline Petro Gately, Reston, VA, and Marc E. Miller, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Vincent Mark J. Policy, Richard W. Luchs, William C. Casano, and M. Ryan Jenness, filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of The Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington.

Thomas J. Perrelli, Kali N. Bracey, Patricia Mullahy Fugere, Antonia K. Fasanelli, Eric Angel, Barbara McDowell, Jennifer L. Berger, Vytas Vergeer, and Nina Dastur, filed a brief amici curiae on behalf of Bread for the City, Center for Community Change, Central American Resource Center, Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development, DC Tenants Association, The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, Washington Inter-faith Network, and Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

David H. Cox and Kenneth C. Crickman, filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of D.C. Land Title Association.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and FARRELL and FISHER, Associate Judges.


FISHER, Associate Judge:

These cross-appeals require us to apply the D.C. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act, D.C.Code § 42-3404.02 et seq., colloquially known as the Sale Act. Under that legislation, before the owner may sell a housing accommodation, it must give the tenant (or tenants) notice and an opportunity to purchase the accommodation at a price and on terms which represent a bona fide offer of sale. D.C.Code § 42-3404.02. However...

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