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· 10/3/2011

Martinez-Reyes v. United States

Citations

  • 181 L. Ed. 2d 183
  • 2011 U.S. LEXIS 5551
  • 132 S. Ct. 300
  • 565 U.S. 903
  • 80 U.S.L.W. 3189

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that tenant’s eviction based on son’s drug possession did not violate the tenant’s constitutional right to due process
  • concluding that \drug-related activity by any member of a tenant's household is cause per se for termination of the lease where . . . the housing authority receives federal funds\
  • holding that state statute that tenant contended required “a showing of knowledge or that the evicted tenant had reason to know of a family member’s illegal conduct” was preempted by federal mandatory lease provisions
  • holding that state statute that created a \reasonable cause\ standard for eviction is preempted
  • holding that state statute that created a \reasonable cause\ standard for eviction is preempted
  • “The standard for eviction in a public housing project which receives federal funding is a matter of federal, not state, law.”

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