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Landlord-Tenant Law
A tenant operating a restaurant entered into a five-year commercial lease with the landlord for retail space, which later continued as a month-to-month tenancy after the lease expired. In January 2023, the tenant withheld the rent, claiming entitlement to a
A dispute arose between two parties over a residential lease agreement in Mountain Home, Idaho, which included an option to purchase the property after the underlying Wells Fargo mortgage was satisfied. The lessee paid $8,000 for the purchase option and
Joan Peoples, a tenant, filed suit against her landlord, CIH Properties, alleging three main issues: breach of the warranty of habitability due to a persistent mice infestation that was not remedied despite maintenance requests; sexual assault by a CIH employee
A commercial tenant in Minneapolis, Seven Acquisition LLC, operated its business in a building owned by 700 Hennepin Holdings LLC and subject to a mortgage held by a bank. After the landlord failed to repair a leaking roof, Seven withheld
A tenant entered into a verbal lease agreement to rent a room, later alleging that the property was unsafe. After reporting conditions to the city, she claimed she was attacked by one of the landlords, involuntarily committed following alleged false
Real Estate & Property Law
A married couple with three minor children separated after more than a decade together, leading to divorce proceedings focused on property and custody issues. The central dispute concerned the proceeds from the sale of the marital home, which had been
A family rented military housing located within the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in California, managed by San Diego Family Housing (SDFH) and Lincoln Military Property Management. During their tenancy, the family experienced repeated water intrusion and mold contamination, which allegedly
A developer began constructing and selling duplex-style condominiums in Bonner County, Idaho, using a standard real estate purchase and sale agreement (PSA) form. The buyers, including a real estate agent and his wife, entered into PSAs for two units, planning
Marline and Melvin Stein were the beneficial owners of a property in Wilmette, Illinois, held in trust with Chicago Title Land Trust Company as trustee. In June 2011, the Steins executed a promissory note in favor of Sara Watkin, trustee
In 2016, a condominium seller was charged $470 by a property management company for preparing and delivering statutorily required disclosure documents related to the sale of his unit. The seller alleged that these fees were excessive and unreasonable, asserting that
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