Legal
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
Two families who had worked together for two decades in home renovation projects developed a dispute after collaborating on the purchase and remodeling of a property known as the Rose home. One couple provided financing, while the other managed the
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
Several residents and a public interest foundation sought to block a county’s implementation of an ordinance that authorized the issuance of $25 million in general revenue bonds. The bonds were intended to fund the final phase of a sewer and
The dispute concerned ownership of a strip of land at the boundary between two neighboring properties. The petitioner initiated litigation to resolve title to this land, and the respondents answered and asserted counterclaims. With both parties’ consent, a special master
The case concerns a hemp farm operated by Blue 42 Organics, LLC, which was damaged during a drug interdiction operation conducted by the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS). Blue 42, a properly registered hemp grower, alleged that in July
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