§ 42-3501

Citation: § 42-3501
Parent Document: Christine Burkhardt v. D.C. Rental Housing Commission, 198 A.3d 183 (2018)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2018-12-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4575488/christine-burkhardt-v-dc-rental... ↗

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Whether an administrative proceeding is a contested case
             is a question of law. Although we have said that we decide
             that question de novo, in this case . . . the answer to the
             question turns on the interpretation of both a statutory
             provision that the [agency] administers and the [agency’s]
             procedural regulations. We defer to the [agency’s]
             informed interpretation of the statute it administers, as
             long as that interpretation is reasonable and not plainly
             wrong or inconsistent with the statute’s legislative
             purpose. Similarly, the court generally defers to an
             agency’s interpretation of its own regulations unless that
             interpretation is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the
             regulations.

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