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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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. This procedure should be followed in all actions in the L & T Branch, in which the legality of rent increases is raised, including those in which there are claims or counterclaims seeking money damages. In other civil actions, there is not usually a comparable requirement for expedition. In such cases, of course, the court must also apply the doctrine of primary jurisdiction. But the situation may not warrant assuming the validity of a rent increase where no administrative challenge has been mounted. We leave it to the trial court to fashion an orderly means of implementing the doctrine of primary jurisdiction in civil actions other than L & T actions. 13