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District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)

Citation
District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Parent Document
District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2021-05-13

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Congressional Review Temporary Amendment Act of 2021, D.C. Law 23-255 § 2,
67 D.C. Reg. 13959 (Mar. 16, 2021).
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          These case types comprise suits for possession where the defendant is not a
tenant in rental housing, including cases where the defendant is a squatter or a
holdover in a property that has been foreclosed upon. For ease of reference, we refer
to all defendants in these cases as “tenants.”
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        We do not address in this order whether the filing moratorium under D.C.
Code § 16-1501(b) in fact applies to all of these types of cases. See D.C. Code § 42-
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     The property owners in these cases raised a number of challenges to the filing
moratorium, including: