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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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In determining whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that the landlord had no substantial justification for refusing to provide the requested answers, we must evaluate whether the interrogatories were relevant to any of the tenant's defenses or to the counterclaim, since neither the landlord's claim for nonpayment of rent nor the tenant's counterclaim had been dismissed by consent praecipe at the time of the motion to compel or of the subsequent hearing.