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Barela v. Superior Court, 636 P.2d 582 (1981)

Citation
Barela v. Superior Court, 636 P.2d 582 (1981)
Parent Document
Barela v. Superior Court, 636 P.2d 582 (1981)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1981-11-27

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3 Cal.3d 507, 517.) “It is settled that a landlord may be precluded from evicting a tenant in retaliation for certain kinds of lawful activities of the tenant. As a landlord has no right to possession when he seeks it for such an invalid reason, a tenant may raise the defense of retaliatory eviction in an unlawful detainer proceeding. [Citations.]” (S.P. Growers, supra,