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BROCKEY v. MOORE

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law
Use of such names as "Legal Aid" and "Legal Aid Services" in connection with non-attorney eviction typing services mislead the public and amounted to...

STORINO v. BOROUGH OF POINT PLEASANT BEACH

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Rooming house owners did not have first or third party standing to challenge an ordinance removing a rooming/boarding house use within certain Resort...

TIMNEY v. LIN

Asset Forfeiture, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An illegal forfeiture provision is unenforceable, even if the illegal provision is included in a settlement agreement.

BULLARD v. SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTIAL RENT STABILIZATION BD.

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
San Francisco's rent control ordinance, which mandates that a landlord who evicts a tenant in order to move into the tenant's unit must offer the...

MADHANI v. COOPER

Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of landlord defendants reversed because they owed tenant plaintiff a duty of care to protect her from foreseeable future...

HOWARD S. WRIGHT CONSTR. CO. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY (BBIC INVESTORS, LLC)

Construction, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A notice of non-responsibility recorded and posted by a property owner and lessor did not insulate the property from a lien for construction work...

EINSTEIN/NOAH BAGEL CORP. v. SMITH

Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff is not entitled to administrative priority given to an obligation under a sublease of commercial property because 11 U.S.C. section...

AM. UNITED LOGISTICS, INC. v. CATELLUS DEV. CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Negligence claims, brought after a leased warehouse allegedly caused food products to be contaminated, were barred by the economic loss doctrine, and...

IN RE: SPADONI

Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where a creditor did not show that a bankruptcy debtor made false promises to pay, unpaid rent did not fall within Bankruptcy Code section...

MORTGAGE ASSOCIATES, INC. v. FID. & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND, INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a mortgage lender's claims for coverage after losses caused by a fraudulent loan scheme involving lender employees, under its financial institution...