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Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)

Citation
Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)
Parent Document
Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2006-01-12

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“this interpretation quickly renders the eviction provision a virtual nullity, because the grounds for eviction— the criminal act — would be washed away by a simple promise not to commit another crime.” The very ease of thwarting the landlord’s right to evict for commission of such a crime would frustrate -the, purpose of an anticrime provision that permits eviction for “any” criminal activity threatening in the sense defined. It is true, as the Rucker