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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Lena Robinson v. Diamond Housing Corporation, 463 F.2d 853 (1972)

Citation
Lena Robinson v. Diamond Housing Corporation, 463 F.2d 853 (1972)
Parent Document
Lena Robinson v. Diamond Housing Corporation, 463 F.2d 853 (1972)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1972-04-03

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We need not reach the question whether Sec. 2910 should be retroactively applied to eviction procedures begun before its enactment, since we believe the section is no more than an explicit statement of the legislative policy implicit in the very existence of housing regulations. See Edwards v. Habib, 130 U.S.App.D.C. 127, 138-142, 397 F.2d 687, 699-703 (1968). It should be noted, however, that at the time the DCCA sought to limit our decision in Edwards "to its facts," Sec. 2910 was part of the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia