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PAJIC v. FOOTE PROPERTIES, LLC

No. 11-CV-1189.

72 A.3d 140 (2013)

Kamenko PAJIC, Appellant, v. FOOTE PROPERTIES, LLC, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie H. Becker , Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, with whom John C. Keeney, Jr. , Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, was on the brief, for appellant.

Laina Lopez , Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before OBERLY, BECKWITH, and EASTERLY, Associate Judges.

EASTERLY, Associate Judge:

With this opinion, we restate what is already the law in the District of Columbia: Landlords may not include a provision in a lease that requires a tenant to pay court costs or legal fees. Pursuant to District of Columbia municipal regulation, any such provision is void from the outset and unenforceable. Accordingly, the landlord in this case, Foote Properties, acted illegally when it included a...

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