Aase v. Hamilton
Jan 31, 2020OUTCOME: Won summary judgment against the great Marshall Tanick
Cat ownership and defamation case
Saint Paul, MN
Business Lawyer at Saint Paul, MN
Practice Areas: Business, Litigation ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Won summary judgment against the great Marshall Tanick
Cat ownership and defamation case
OUTCOME: On appeal to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal court challenge to revocation of all 42 of client's valid rental dwelling licenses in one kangaroo court hearing and the resulting eviction of 350 racial minorities from their affordable rental ... homes, all of which had been inspected and approved for rental by the City; focus is on City's violation of the Fair Housing Act with its years-long policy of publicly scapegoating landlords for the blight that comes with poverty and bootstrapping off of those slurs to ensure that courts comply with the City's efforts to eliminate affordable housing provided by landlords who will rent to persons with imperfect histories, which was virtually nonexistent in Minneapolis to begin with; the City has been taking away all of the rental dwelling licenses held by those landlords, ordering landlords to deny housing to persons with criminal histories or unlawful detainers, and doing all it can to eliminate the renting of houses and duplexes, and that rental housing policy has had a negative impact on the availability of affordable housing in the City that disparately affects poor people and racial minorities
OUTCOME: Very favorable
Turned back Plaintiff's effort to encumber my client's properties for more than $2 million; defeated attorneys from Faegre Baker Daniels and Dorsey Whitney with two persuasive Memoranda of Law; saved c ... lient's real estate empire
OUTCOME: Ongoing
Child support and marital dissolution case; currently in litigation
OUTCOME: Beat City Hall
Challenge to City Ordinance that allowed City officials to order private landlords to deny rental housing to persons with criminal histories or unlawful detainers; dragged City kicking and screaming to ... its present policies on rental housing for troubled persons; won acceptable settlement and saved client's sizable residential rental business; brilliant two-year-long strategy, perfectly executed
OUTCOME: Total victory
Won default marital dissolution judgment against recalcitrant husband; also solved tricky title issue just in time for client's refinance of the mortgage on her home
OUTCOME: Decent settlement
Breach of contract, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, unconstitutional statute (Section 559.217, if anyone's interested)
OUTCOME: Victory
Years of back rent for billboard
OUTCOME: Settlement
Property damage; claim by Plaintiff and counterclaim by Defendant
OUTCOME: Decent settlement
Second mortgage loan did not go away after foreclosure