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Section 1808

Citation
Section 1808
Parent Document
McHugh v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 777 P.2d 91 (1989)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1989-08-17
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1156663/mchugh-v-santa-monica-rent-cont... ↗

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Although the trial court eventually issued temporary stays limiting somewhat the Board’s orders in this case,42 the “principle of check” was not *377respected here. Before there was an opportunity for the court to pass on whether to stay temporarily the Board’s rent withholding order, tenant Plevka immediately withheld rent, and continued to do so for three months thereafter. Moreover, during that time, any unlawful detainer action based on Plevka’s nonpayment of rent would have been met with the defense that the Board’s order authorized such nonpayment—thereby giving the Board’s order legal effect.43