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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Temple v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 536 A.2d 1024 (1987)

Citation
Temple v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 536 A.2d 1024 (1987)
Parent Document
Temple v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 536 A.2d 1024 (1987)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1987-12-01

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To the extent this argument overlaps with Temple’s claim of estoppel, we reject it for all the reasons stated above. In this case, the application of principles of equity back to the time of January 1983 would require a good deal less evidence of Temple’s intention to circumvent rent control than appears on this record. See Udall v. Littell, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 89, 96, 366 F.2d 668, 675 (1966), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 1007, 87 S.Ct. 713, 17 L.Ed.2d 545 (1967) (“[i]t is elementary, of course, that one seeking equity must do equity and must show ‘clean hands’ at the threshold”).