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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)

Citation
Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)
Parent Document
Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-03-13

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324 Mass. 231, 85 N.E.2d 435, 438 (1949)). In reversing that decision, the federal court, motivated partly by “the spur of avoidance of constitutional questions,” 130 U.S.App.D.C. at .142, 397 F.2d at 703 (McGowan, J., concurring in part), construed the District’s eviction statutes as “inherent[ly]” precluding their own application “where the [trial] court’s aid is invoked to effect an eviction in retaliation for reporting housing code violations.” Id.