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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)

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Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Parent Document
Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-10-02

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It is not within the judicial function ... to rewrite the statute ... in order to make it more ‘fair’”_ 184-1 Columbia Road Tenants’ Ass’n v. District of Columbia Rental Hous. Comm’n, 575 A.2d 306, 308 (D.C.1990). “Our duty, to paraphrase Mr. Justice Holmes in a conversation with Judge Learned Hand, is not to do justice but to apply the law and hope that justice is done.” Bifulco v. United States, 447 U.S. 381, 402, 100 S.Ct. 2247, 2259, 65 L.Ed.2d 205 (1980) (Burger, C.J., concurring). Because we agree with the trial judge’s construction of 45-1406, the judgment appealed from is hereby Affirmed. . The testimony included the following: