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HETOS INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. KURTIN

Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
When a law firm prepares a legal document and later discovers that a provision therein may violate the law, the law firm is not disqualified as a...

NEW YORK CITY COALITION TO END LEAD POISONING, INC. v. VALLONE

Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A City Council resolution, declaring that a new law addressing abatement of lead paint in multiple dwelling units would have no significant adverse...

MANN v. US

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
The U.S. breached a geothermal lease by failing to provide plaintiff with notice prior to terminating his lease, thus summary judgment in favor of the...

FISCHER v. FIRST INT'L BANK

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When a bank enters into a written loan agreement that specifies the collateral for two different loans, and does not state that the loans will be...

CARPINTERIA VALLEY FARMS, LTD. v. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Claims of retaliation, denial of equal protection and due process grounded in acts pertaining to a polo field application and residential building...

PALMER v. ZAKLAMA

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The recordation of a notice of lis pendens, even if done for an improper purpose, is not a valid basis for a cause of action for abuse of process,...

SANTA MONICA RENT CONTROL BD. v. PEARL STREET, LLC

Civil Procedure, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging evasion of rent control, a SLAPP order striking the Board's complaint must be reversed, as must the order awarding defendants...

IN RE SUMMERS

Bankruptcy Law, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
California's transmutation statute, Cal. Fam. Code section 852(a), does not apply when realty is transferred from a third party to spouses as joint...

KIRKEBY v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (FASCENELLI)

Attorney's Fees, Property Law & Real Estate
An action to set aside a fraudulent conveyance did not affect title to or the right to possession of specific real property so as to support a lis...

OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASS'N INC. v. KAUFFMAN

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A preliminary injunction forbidding government officials from taking further action to widen a municipal street is vacated, where no formal proposal...