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· 3/4/1974

Mendota Apartments v. District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights

Citations

  • 315 A.2d 832
  • 1974 D.C. App. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • opining “the authority to order a respondent to ‘take such affirmative action . . .’ did not include the authority to award civil damages”
  • upholding Commission on Human Rights order that petitioner cease and desist from racial discrimination in the rental of apartments (\refusing to lease an apartment to [complainant] because she is a Negro\

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Judges: Fickling, Harris, Hood

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