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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Green v. Superior Court, 517 P.2d 1168 (1974)

Citation
Green v. Superior Court, 517 P.2d 1168 (1974)
Parent Document
Green v. Superior Court, 517 P.2d 1168 (1974)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1974-01-15

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In summary, we have concluded that the traditional common law rule which imposed no warranty of habitability in residential leases is a product of an earlier, land-oriented era, which bears no reasonable relation to the social or legal realities of the landlord-tenant relationship of today. The United States Supreme Court has observed that “the body of private property law . . ., more than almost any other branch of law, has been shaped by distinctions whose validity is largely historical.” (Jones v. United States *640