Stets v. Featherstone

How courts have described this case

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• observing that “a protective order is an equitable device requiring the exercise of sound discretion on a case-by-case basis.”
• trial court failed “to inquire into ... the merits,” inter alia, “of the tenant’s claims of rent ceiling and housing code violations” before ruling on protective order request
• “[W]here no genuine dispute exists regarding the landlord’s entitlement to a portion of the rent due under the lease, equitable considerations may justify the L & T court in ordering partial release of the uncontested amounts from the registry . . . pendente lite . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).