Legal
Landlord-Tenant Law
The plaintiff, a tenant at an apartment complex operated by a public housing authority, alleged that she was raped by a maintenance worker employed by the complex. According to her account, the worker initially contacted her in the course of
A commercial landlord leased a property to an individual, Sina, who stopped paying rent soon after the lease began, causing significant unpaid rent and property damage. The landlord regained possession of the property and found it had been gutted. The
The Maine Human Rights Commission filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court alleging that a landlord discriminated against his tenant based on sex, asserting claims under both the Maine Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act. After litigation began,
A property owner acquired a Chicago apartment building through foreclosure in February 2024, after the city’s ordinance requiring new owners of foreclosed rental properties to negotiate new 12-month leases with existing tenants and provide a $10,600 relocation fee to those
A resident of an apartment complex for elderly and disabled individuals was injured when she stepped into an uncovered and unmarked trench near the trash-disposal area in the parking lot before sunrise. The apartment complex was managed by a company
Real Estate & Property Law
The dispute centers on ownership rights to the subsurface estate—specifically oil, gas, and mineral rights—of a tract of land known as the Josiah Haines warrant in northeastern Pennsylvania. In 1894, the surface estate was sold to Union Tanning Company, but
A developer sought to build a 30-unit condominium project, including six affordable units, within the coastal zone of the City of Redondo Beach. The proposed site was located in a zone designated under the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) for
A company operates a pipeline transporting oil and natural gas liquids between the United States and Canada. A portion of this pipeline crosses twelve miles of land within a Native American reservation in northern Wisconsin. In 2013, the company’s rights-of-way
A municipality in Pennsylvania investigated two properties owned by a rabbi after receiving complaints about their use. One property was used as a residence for young men engaging in religious study, while the other served as a space for prayer,
On the evening of January 1, 2023, Elizabeth Gurney, aged eighteen, hosted a party at the house she shared with her mother, Holly Gurney, in Lewiston, Maine. Holly was out of town but had instructed Elizabeth that she could have
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