LOEWINGER v. STOKES

Nos. 06-CV-1077, 06-CV-1076.

977 A.2d 901 (2009)

Kenneth J. LOEWINGER and Loewinger & Brand PLLC, Appellants, v. Clement STOKES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Corn-Revere, with whom Amber L. Husbands was on the brief, Washington, for appellant Kenneth Loewinger.

Samuel M. Shapiro for appellant Loewinger & Brand, PLLC.

Emily Johnson Henn filed a statement in lieu of a brief, Washington, for appellee Clement Stokes.

Eric Angel, with whom Barbara McDowell was on the brief, for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia as amicus curiae.

Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


KRAMER, Associate Judge:

These appeals challenge an order of the Superior Court holding appellants in civil contempt for having filed a landlord and tenant suit for possession based on non payment of rent, even though a receiver had been appointed by the court to administer —and enforce—payment of rent by tenants of the rental property. In a thorough and scholarly opinion, Judge Kravitz found that Lanier Associates (the owner of the property) and its...

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