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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 266

Citation
§ 266
Parent Document
Drayton v. Poretsky Management, Inc., 462 A.2d 1115 (1983)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1983-05-31

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If no such challenge has been brought before the Rent Administrator by the time set for trial (including any reasonable continuances allowed for that purpose) the L & T Branch is not to undertake to adjudicate the validity of the rent increase. In our view it is inconsistent with the summary nature of L & T proceedings as well as the doctrine of primary jurisdiction to require that such matters be adjudicated in that branch. 11 Instead, the trial judge should *1121