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Yvonne C. Edwards v. Nathan Habib
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1968) | 397 F.2d 687
TL;DR: A landlord attempted to evict a tenant for reporting housing code violations. The court established the defense of "retaliatory eviction," holding that a landlord cannot use the legal process to evict a tenant for exercising their right to report unsafe housing conditions.
Legal Significance: This landmark case established the defense of retaliatory eviction in landlord-tenant law. It prevents landlords from penalizing tenants for reporting housing code violations, thereby protecting the public policy goal of ensuring safe and sanitary housing.