Legal Opinion
Stephanus v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 2, 1980No. 7563-2-IPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRingold, J.
—Bettina Anderson and Mark Bussell appeal a judgment of unlawful detainer. They raise statutory and constitutional challenges to the trial court's decision to strike their affirmative defense of retaliatory eviction.
Anderson and Bussell are former month to month tenants of the Malloy Apartments in Seattle. On October 9, 1978, they organized a meeting of tenants to protest alleged violations of the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 1973, ROW 59.18 (the Act), by their landlord, Paul Stephanus. After two meetings were held, Stephanus reviewed the situation and decided to evict Anderson and…
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