The Ninth District reversed summary judgment for the City of Hudson, holding that a termination clause in an MOU requiring good-faith negotiation of a commercially reasonable termination may be an enforceable agreement to negotiate under Ohio law.
The Appellate Division holds that a three-day pay-or-quit eviction notice is void where the mail payment option lists only a “leasing office” without the name and telephone number of a specific person, as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(2).
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of motel owners’ constitutional challenge to Los Angeles’s revocation of their use permit after the city declared the property a public nuisance linked to prostitution and criminal activity.
Case Kiavi Funding, Inc. v. Native Training Solutions, Inc., et al. Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District (Montgomery
Case Tidewater Loft Condominium Association v. Judith L. Moskal-Kanz Court Maine Supreme Judicial Court Judge LIPEZ (Janet Mills, 2025) Date
Delaware Superior Court grants summary judgment and dismisses a pro se trespass claim after the plaintiff failed to respond to discovery, attend depositions, or comply with court orders over nearly two years.
Case Stephen C. McCullough v. Town of Rocky Hill Court Connecticut Appellate Court Judge Seeley (Ned Lamont, 2022) Date Decided
The Appellate Division held that a surviving spouse who lived in a Santa Monica rent-controlled apartment with the original tenant was an implied at-will tenant protected by the city’s rent control charter, and that Costa-Hawkins did not preempt those local protections.
Case Frank Diaz et al. v. Select Portfolio Servicing et al. Court Rhode Island Supreme Court Judge William P. Robinson
The Appellate Division of LA Superior Court affirmed judgment for a surviving spouse in an unlawful detainer action, holding she was an implied at-will tenant protected by Santa Monica rent control, and that Costa-Hawkins did not preempt the city’s 425% rent increase prohibition.
Case In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.530 and 2.540 Court Supreme Court of
The Second District upheld LA’s post-COVID eviction-threshold ordinance as a valid exercise of city police power, but struck down its relocation-assistance mandate as preempted by the Costa-Hawkins Act.
Case Thomas Luzier and Marcia Luzier v. Andrew Hemmah and Jennifer Hemmah Court South Dakota Supreme Court Judge SALTER (Dennis
Fourth District holds that a property company’s declaratory relief claim challenging tax assessments arose from the county assessor’s protected speech and petitioning under the anti-SLAPP statute, reversing the trial court’s denial of the county’s motion to strike.
Case Unnamed Tenant v. Unnamed Landlord (Taşınmaz Kira Sözleşmesinden Kaynaklanan Alacak) Court İstanbul Bölge Adliye Mahkemesi (Istanbul Regional Court of
Case James Jerome, Jr. v. Kerry Raheb and Renee Houston Court Supreme Court of Vermont (Three-Justice Panel) Judge Harold E.
Case Spirit Lake Cabins, LLC, and Gerald Neeser, Trustee of the Gerald E. Neeser Revocable Living Trust v. Inland Empire
Case Chayil Church v. Soneil Pickering Inc. Court Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) Date Decided May 7, 2026 Citation
Case Akintayo Akinyele v. Huntington Condominium Association, Inc. Court Connecticut Appellate Court Judge Moll (Dannel P. Malloy, 2018) Date Decided
Case Marquez Vargas v. RRA CP Opportunity Trust 1, Real Time Resolutions, Inc., and North Star Trustee, LLC Court Washington
Case GD Richmond Beaver River I, LLC, et al. v. Town of Richmond Zoning Board of Review, et al. Court
First District affirms approval of 44-unit mixed-use infill housing project on former shopping center site in San Ramon, holding that the project was consistent with the City’s general plan and zoning ordinance and that aspirational planning language did not impose mandatory master plan requir
The California Supreme Court holds that courts must independently review whether the Coastal Commission has appellate jurisdiction over a local permit decision and that the Commission cannot exercise that jurisdiction merely because a site allows multiple principal uses.
Case Robert L. Vaughn, Jr. v. Isam Farhat Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge Mary Bennett Malveaux (Virginia General