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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 39

Citation
§ 39
Parent Document
Redman v. POTOMAC PLACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, 972 A.2d 316 (2009)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2009-05-28

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. To be sure, Ms. Redman might make the argument that, at the time the tenant election was held, she was a lawful tenant and hence qualifies. Such an interpretation would indeed be a true retroactive application of the statute and would run contrary to the well-settled principle that retroactive applications of legislation are not to be presumed absent express legislative language or other clear implication that such retroactivity was intended. Alpizar v. United States, 595 A.2d 991, 993-94 (D.C.1991) (quoting Greene v. United States,