Police to ignore California impound law amid concern of fairness to illegal immigrant

[Greg in LA]

Thanks for the imput and the reply everyone.
Ayatolla, What you said about small claims court." A throwback to the king's common law courts". Is so true.
I am a newbie at suing someone, it was my first time... and what an eye opener it was.
I got the verdict today, $385.00 judgement against the landlord. The scumbag management company Southern California Realestate management was dismissed. Frankly I feel victorious!
It was half of what they with held from my deposite, but after the way I saw the laws totally disregarded I am suprised that I got anything.

I couldn't take it to a higher court, I called a few lawyers, they were not interested because the it money involved was too small.
I met the owner of the Management company, he was the defendant. I swear I think that guy probably lives in small claims court. He was a total pro at it, probably because half of all of his tenants sue him to get back their deposits.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by Greg in LA

Thanks for the imput and the reply everyone.
Ayatolla, What you said about small claims court." A throwback to the king's common law courts". Is so true.
I am a newbie at suing someone, it was my first time... and what an eye opener it was.
I got the verdict today, $385.00 judgement against the landlord. The scumbag management company Southern California Realestate management was dismissed. Frankly I feel victorious!
It was half of what they with held from my deposite, but after the way I saw the laws totally disregarded I am suprised that I got anything.

I couldn't take it to a higher court, I called a few lawyers, they were not interested because the it money involved was too small.
I met the owner of the Management company, he was the defendant. I swear I think that guy probably lives in small claims court. He was a total pro at it, probably because half of all of his tenants sue him to get back their deposits.

Getting half is a very common award in SC cases. The king solomon decision is applied very, very often.
If you go to court again, make sure you run a search on your opposition to see if they've used the court system often. I recommond it because you can often prepare yourself for the tricks of your competition. It's a public record, and one of the few benefits to being an associate at SOS is you can get some free tutoring on the record search through our affiliated website:
http://publicdocumentdistributors.com/forums/

[Greg in LA]

Great!!!
I am so glad for the information. Now I have to see how to collect the money from the landlord. Maybe it can help me.

One interesting and refreshing thing that I saw while in court was that there was no paid translators there. Any person who needed English translation had to bring there own translator. I don't know if that is new, but I am glad to see it.