Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
An elderly tenant couple lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment rejecting their action to annul the sale, without regard to their alleged right of first refusal, of the house they had rented for over 30 years, invoking the right to housing. The Court partly allowed the appeal: it rejected the right of first refusal but ordered the new owner to respect the lease, under Articles 82 and 85 of the Constitution.
Decision
Appeal partly allowed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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