Ferreira v. HR, Inc. (and other related lawsuits)
Collection
Identifier: FER-2023
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of pleadings (primary), correspondence, memos, case law and other research, and other documentation.
Scope and Contents
Please note that this is not a complete timeline of legal documents filed. There are most likely missing pleadings.
Scope and Contents
See each lawsuit for detailed information on the materials.
Dates
- 1996 - 2013
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Use
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10% of A SINGLE WORK/A FILE FOLDER'S contents may be quoted. Reproduction of addresses or any other type of personal information is strictly forbidden.
"Unpublished works in archives are protected by U.S. copyright law, and authors maintain exclusive rights to control the duplication and distribution of their work. Although authors may transfer their copyright ownership to others or give a library ownership of the work itself, even if it is the only existing copy, this does not by itself transfer copyright in the work. The doctrine of fair use allows the copying of copyrighted works in limited situations. While not every educational use is considered fair use, copying or quoting small amounts of copyrighted material, particularly for the purpose of historical research or criticism, may be considered fair use." https://legalbeagle.com/6606003-anime-copyright-laws.html
Conditions Governing Use
Some documentation may be deemed confidential or restricted from use.
Biographical / Historical
This collection contains documentation from four separate lawsuits, initiating from an illegal eviction of farm workers Salvador Ferreira, Alfonso Villegas, Mr. and Mrs. Valdoza, and Geraldo Sanchez, all living in Oxnard, CA in the same housing area owned by HR Incorporated. The landlord, Larry Rodarte of HR Incorporated, facing complaints and notices to refurbish/clean-up/fix by the City, did not satisfactorily remedy the issues and evicted his tenants, without following the proper legal procedures of a three-day notice. The question was whether Mr. Rodarte evicted his tenants in retaliation because they brought habitability complaints to him. This collection (boxes 17-22) consists of some of the documentation regarding the unlawful detainer that Larry Rodarte brought in municipal court against Mr. Villegas and others (HR, Inc. v. Villegos, et al, case no: 168144). The defendants were successful in presenting their case. The plaintiffs then filed a habitability cause of action against Mr. Rodarte and were ultimately successful in their claim. The early facts of this legal action are detailed in the various depositions and other documentation concerning the case of Ferreira v. HR Inc., case number: 173472, boxes 12-16. The last case to be filed, Ferreira v. HR Inc., case number: 189382, introduced another defendant, Frans De Witte, a business associate of Larry Rodarte and HR Inc., who became a Trustee of HR. Included in this collection are depositions and other discovery and correspondence in boxes 1-11. The plaintiffs were ultimately successful in their fraudulent property transfer claims (from Rodarte to De Witte as trustee).
Extent
10 Cubic Feet (Document cases -transferred from Banker's boxes. Pleadings, correspondence, memos, case law and other research, articles)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Arrangement
RECORDS GROUPS FOR FERREIRA V. HR, INC. (and other related cases)
1. FERREIRA V. HR, INC. (Case No: CIV 189382) Fraud (1999-2000)
2. FERREIRA V. HR, INC. (Case No: CIV 173472) Habitability (1997-1999)
3. HR, INC. V. VILLEGOS (Case No: 168144 [MUNI-Unlawful Detainer]) & HR. INC. Appeals (CIV 168146) [Original suit] (1996-1997)
4. Newspaper Articles 1995-2013
5. Student Summaries of Documentation
6. Chronology of Events
1. FERREIRA V. HR, INC. (Case No: CIV 189382) Fraud (1999-2000)
2. FERREIRA V. HR, INC. (Case No: CIV 173472) Habitability (1997-1999)
3. HR, INC. V. VILLEGOS (Case No: 168144 [MUNI-Unlawful Detainer]) & HR. INC. Appeals (CIV 168146) [Original suit] (1996-1997)
4. Newspaper Articles 1995-2013
5. Student Summaries of Documentation
6. Chronology of Events
Custodial History
This collection was donated by Barbara Macri-Ortiz, attorney for the defendants in the original action and later, for the successful plaintiffs in the subsequent lawsuits.
Processing Information
The documentation is identified and described only in box lable form - which is reiterated in this finding aid. No Access finding guide was completed; there are no file folder labels and no finding guide, other than the one here in Archivespace.
- Title
- Ferreira v. HR, Inc. (and other related lawsuits)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the CSUCI Archives and Special Collections Repository