HOUSING AUTH. OF BIRMINGHAM DIST. v. Durr

This is a landlord tenant case. The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District ("HABD"), a public housing landlord, filed an unlawful detainer against its tenant, Terri Durr, in the Jefferson County District Court. HABD sought to evict Durr on the ground that Durr had violated a provision in her lease with HABD prohibiting "drug related criminal activity." A trial was held in the district court during February 1997; the district court entered judgment for Durr. HABD appealed to the Jefferson County Circuit Court. After litigation in which both parties' motions for summary judgment were…