FMSC 487 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: In Essence, Mark Zuckerberg, List Of The Big Bang Theory Characters
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Facts: plaintiffs are two adult males, who lived together, are not related by blood, marriage or adoption in a rent controlled apartment in ny; only one is on the lease. Defendant landlord wants to raise rent to market levels (very valuable) & argues man is not the surviving spouse of the deceased tenant/member of family. )t"s important/often referred to/first or one of. living there which the rent control ordinance requires. Ct said it is reasonable to extend protections to p residing in households having all of the normal familial characteristics. Prohibiting: traditionally, society disapproved of people living together outside of marriage, discouraged through laws against sodomy, fornication, birth control, etc, 2005 cohabitation was illegal in 7 states, florida, michigan, mississippi, n. carolina, n. dakota, va, w. va. Private ordering: when people structure their personal relationships to satisfy personal needs and desires, contracting to clarify shared expectations, ability of people to structure and determine the incidents of their private relationships.