District of Columbia Court of Appeals March 30, 2004, 02-CV-454 (Bender v. Williams)

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PER CURIAM:

Following a bench trial, Judge Mize ruled for the defendants in this suit brought by plaintiff/appellant (Bender) to recover certain pass-through expenses-— namely, Consumer Price Index (CPI) and real estate tax increases — for which he claimed the defendants were hable under commercial leases they had executed with his predecessor in interest in August 1986.