Legal
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Herschfus v. City of Oak Park
5 August 2025 08:30 pm
A Michigan landlord who owns several rental properties in Oak Park challenged the city’s housing code, specifically its requirement that landlords consent to property inspections as a condition for obtaining a rental license. The city’s code mandates that...
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Peebles v. JRK Property Holdings, Inc.
4 August 2025 12:10 pm
The plaintiffs, former tenants of apartments owned and managed by the defendants, filed a putative class action alleging that the defendants violated Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 186, Section 15B (4) (iii) by deducting charges for "reasonable wear and...
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Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises
28 July 2025 08:41 pm
In 2020, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act, which added "source of income" to the list of prohibited considerations in housing rental or sale. The appellant, a housing voucher recipient, applied to rent an...
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The Bank of New York Mellon v. White
7 August 2025 11:39 pm
In 2006, Brenda Merle White executed a $250,000 promissory note secured by a mortgage with Countrywide Home Loans, which was later assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM). White stopped making payments in 2008, and BNYM initiated, then rescinded, a...
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East Valley Water v. Water Resources Commission
7 August 2025 05:24 pm
A group of farmers in Marion County, Oregon, formed an irrigation district to secure water for agricultural use by constructing a reservoir on Drift Creek. In 2013, the district applied to the Oregon Water Resources Department for a permit to store water by...
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Minshall v. Griffin
7 August 2025 03:23 pm
Kenneth Minshall sought to quiet title to a two-acre property in Washakie County, Wyoming, which had previously belonged to Gail Lee Quinn. Minshall lived with Quinn for decades and claimed that Quinn had agreed to transfer the property to his business,...
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