In the Berkeley case, the small claims action also led to the landlord taking action to evict the troublesome tenants.

The case may still have a deterrent effect on some troublesome tenants.

The justification is that a troublesome or irresponsible tenant can hurt other owners in the building.

By the 1960's, the building had become a typical story of marginal maintenance and some troublesome tenants making life difficult for everyone else.

Typically, he said, the most common way for landlords to eliminate nuisances caused by troublesome tenants - if reasoning with the tenant fails to produce results - is for the landlord to evict the problem tenant.

At first, Moonbloom resolutely insulates himself against his troublesome tenants, with their incessant complaining and idiosyncratic ways.

And now that the manor had just been granted, the steward had informed the new lord that he had a troublesome tenant.

No American is immune to the all-powerful computer: "You try to rent an apartment, and your landlord can call a computer database that lists 'troublesome' tenants nationwide.

And the most common way for landlords to eliminate nuisances, if reasoning with the source of the nuisance fails to produce results, is to evict the troublesome tenant.

Building owners and rental agencies have been known to check them as a way of weeding out troublesome tenants.