Court hears arguments over forged 2020 lease and whether earlier 2019 agreement still binds tenant In oral argument for Equity Residential Management v. Castro, counsel disputed whether a 2020 rent-reduction lease signed with a forged signature extinguished Castro’s obligations under a 2019 rental agreement; attorneys debated statutory lease-expiration rules and whether the same parties were required for supersession.

In a gripping legal showdown, the fate of a forged lease hangs in the balance as the court grapples with whether it can override a tenant's prior obligations.

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