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Section 504B

Citation
Section 504B
Parent Document
Cent. Hous. Assocs., LP v. Olson, 910 N.W.2d 485 (2018)
Jurisdiction
Minnesota (state)
Effective Date
2018-04-09

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The retaliatory-eviction defense described in sections 504B.285 and 504B.441 is available only in the statutorily defined circumstances outlined in those sections. Central Housing's breach-of-lease eviction action includes none of those circumstances. The jury's finding that Central Housing retaliated against Olson is therefore irrelevant to the eviction action. The district court should not have relied on that finding to deny Central Housing's demand for eviction after the jury found that Olson breached the lease. We reverse and remand for the district court to award possession of the leased premises to Central Housing. Reversed and remanded.