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Real Estate

Aug. 26, 2003

State High Court Hands Win to Property Owners

BY HUDSON SANGREE Special to CREJ A divided state Supreme Court has ruled that apartment landlords who wish to remove a property from the rental market can do so, and evict even those tenants who claim they are being retaliated against in the process.

BY HUDSON SANGREE
Special to CREJ

A divided state Supreme Court has ruled that apartment landlords who wish to remove a property from the rental market can do so, and evict even those tenants who claim they are being retaliated against in the process.

The case, Drouet v. Superior Court, forced the justices to reconcile two competing state statutes, one protecting renters and the other protecting property owners.

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