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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 45-1561

Citation
Section 45-1561
Parent Document
Habib v. Thurston, 517 A.2d 1 (1986)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1986-10-30

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*26The Superior Court presumably will want to adopt rules governing the preparation and timing of pleadings, including the jury demand, when a tenant who accepts a bench trial for the possessory action elects a jury for the McNeal hearing. Such rules will also have to cover the situation when the Landlord and Tenant Branch grants either party’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment, as well as a landlord’s motion to strike the tenant’s pleadings for failure to comply with the protective order. For the time being, however, we must outline the procedures to be followed. D.