Harvard Goes After Cameroon Embassy Over Expired Lease

Law360, New York (February 08, 2012, 5:49 PM ET) -- Harvard University filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking to evict the Embassy of Cameroon for overstaying the lease on the Harvard-owned Washington building it currently occupies while its main building is being renovated.

In 2010, the embassy entered into a two-year lease for a Wisconsin Avenue building on the other side of Washington's Rock Creek Park from its permanent mission residence on Massachusetts Avenue. The lease was set to expire Jan. 31 and had no formal renewal provisions, according to the complaint and other...
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Case Information

Case Title

TRUSTEES FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY v. EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

Court

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit

Rent Lease & Ejectment

Case Number

1:12-cv-00196

Judge

Beryl A. Howell

Date Filed

February 7, 2012

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