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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4882760/district-of-columbia-v-towers/ ↗

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Where, but only where, the court can say with complete
             certainty that the landlord will become entitled to a
             definite part of the in-court fund in any event, and the
             landlord demonstrates convincingly so dire a need for that
             part as to persuade the court to exercise its equitable
             powers to afford him some relief, the court may, to just
             that extent, respond favorably to the landlord’s request for
             disbursement from the deposited fund pendente lite. This
             rule contemplates, of course, that the competing claims of
             the parties will first be subjected to careful examination at
             a hearing after due notice, and that nonfrivolous claims of
             tenants to ultimate nonliability for any or all of the
             deposited monies will be scrupulously honored. And it
             goes without saying that the court’s authority to order a
             turnover from the fund must be cautiously and sparingly
             utilized.

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