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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009)

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BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009)
Parent Document
BSA 77 P STREET LLC v. Hawkins, 983 A.2d 988 (2009)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2009-11-19

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On September 10, 2004, tenants Michele and Antwuan Hawkins, Lillian Johnson, and Dorothy Paul filed a civil complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, claiming that BSA breached its contract with them when it terminated their contracts, and asked the court to grant specific performance.[1] On January 5, 2005, BSA issued notices to the tenants to vacate their units under D.C.Code § 42-3505.01(i)(1) and indicated that they intended to discontinue the tenants' use of the premises for rental housing in order to renovate the units and re-sell them for home ownership.[2] Indeed, on January 11, 2005, BSA signed a contract with TMS Investments, LLC (TMS) under which TMS agreed to purchase those units among the Bates Street Properties that were (or would then be) vacant on the date of closing, set for April 1, 2005. In response, the tenants filed an amended complaint on October 20, 2005, charging that the notices to vacate BSA issued were illegal under District law because they did not comply with D.C.Code § 42-3505.01(i).