Legal Opinion
Coyne v. De Leo
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided July 30, 2018No. A149660PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBruiniers, J.
In this unlawful detainer action filed under the Ellis Act ( Gov. Code, § 7060 et seq. ), defendant Diego De Leo appeals from a judgment of possession entered in favor of his landlord, Martin J. Coyne. De Leo argues, inter alia, the trial court committed prejudicial error in its exclusion of evidence. We agree the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the evidence and reverse.
*363I. LEGAL BACKGROUND
The Ellis Act sets forth the procedure by which a landlord may go out of business by removing all of his or her rental units in a building from the market. ( Drouet v. Superior Court (2003) 31…
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