California Court of Appeal

Money judgment in favor of landlord is reversed where: 1) by limiting the tenants to just a few minutes to present their entire case, the court effectively precluded them from presenting their defense; 2) because tenants argued that the rented unit was uninhabitable, the court was required to comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 1174.2, but did not; and 3) the lease was illegal because no certificate of occupancy had been issued for the rented building.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2008
• Published 01/07/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria de Jesus Lagunas Espinoza, in pro. per.


• For Appellees:
  
• Printemps & Kaufman, Edwin Printemps and Nancy Kaufman, Santa Ana, for Defendants and Appellants., Frank J. Contreras, for Plaintiff and Respondent.