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· 3/20/1979

American University Park Citizens Ass'n v. Burka

Citations

  • 400 A.2d 737
  • 1979 D.C. App. LEXIS 319

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that we “will review without need for deference to the trial court’s judgment” the applicability of a laches defense
  • “Laches will not provide a valid defense . . . unless two tests are met: the defendant has been prejudiced by delay and that delay was unreasonable.”

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Judges: Newman, Chief Judge, and Mack and Ferren, Associate Judges

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