Years Of Litigation For Slumlord Keith Reitman, Here Are Some Details...

Photo and blog post by John Hoff

Keith Reitman, a well-known North Minneapolis slumlord who was involved in the infamously fraudulent sale of 1564 Hillside Ave. N., has a long history of being involved in litigation. How long is that history? Well, print out this blog post on paper, lay the paper end-to-end, and tell me if Reitman's litigation history is longer than your arm.

Be sure to recycle the paper.

To be fair, Keith Reitman will tell you he was an innocent victim of the 1564 Hillside Ave. N. swindle. But to be even MORE fair, you have to wonder how this "innocent victim" managed to sell that crappy house for so much money, yet still call himself a victim.

What I would call "fair" would be for all of Reitman's profits from that deal to end up in the hands of the true victim: John Foster, a decent man whose identity and credit rating were stolen to make the deal possible. That would be the BEGINNING of fairness. Then, to continue in the spirit of fairness, one must consider pain and suffering and punitive damages. Then we get somewhere NEAR the land of "fair."

But I digress. I digress because it's very difficult to even MENTION Keith Reitman without bringing up the notoriously fraudulent "1564" deal. But this is not a blog post about THAT. Instead, I would like to highlight the long litigation history of Keith Reitman, which can be pulled up through Minnesota's online court records. Minor commentary about some of the cases can be found in my parenthetical comments...

It is believed but not 100 percent confirmed that all of these cases involve the same well-known Keith Reitman who holds a seat on the JACC board, but didn't show up at the last regularly-scheduled JACC meeting.

27-CV-83-007336 REITMAN,KEITH,DAVID VS REALTY WORLD-CALHOUN
11/09/1983
- Hennepin Civil
Pierce, Delila F.
Contract
Closed

(Ah, here we have the earliest example of Reitman litigation. A transplant from Chicago, Reitman came to Minneapolis and built an impressive slumlord empire. What kind of life did he lead in Chicago? I don't have the answer to that question)


27-CV-85-011794 PELTIER,VIRGINIA,M VS REITMAN,KEITH,DAVID
07/16/1985
- Hennepin Civil
Pierce, Delila F.
Contract
Closed

27-CV-TC-000010257 REITMAN,KEITH,DAVID VS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
05/02/1990
- Hennepin Civil
Tax Court
Closed

(Please note, this case above was some kind of "tax court" dispute)

27-CV-91-008669 MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A VS PELTIER,VIRGINIA,M
05/08/1991
- Hennepin Civil
Wieland, Lucy A.
Contract
Closed

(Though Reitman's name does not appear above, he was apparently one of the parties)


27-CV-HC-960517514 REITMAN, KEITH VS HALL, TIMOTHY GLENN
05/17/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(It's not unusual for a landlord to evict a renter. There are numerous cases like the one above, and most of them aren't particularly notable. The sheer VOLUME may be notable, but who can say whether Reitman evicts more or less renters than MOST slumlords?)


27-CV-HC-960607514 REITMAN, KEITH VS WILLIAMS, STEPHANIE
06/07/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-960703607 REITMAN, KEITH VS REED, ARRON
07/03/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-960816529 REITMAN, KEITH VS REED, ARRON
08/16/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-960917528 REITMAN, KEITH VS TRIGG, TAMORA
09/17/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-961002617 REITMAN, KEITH VS TRIGG, MARSHA
10/02/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-961106515 REITMAN, KEITH VS REED, LISA
11/06/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-961202530 REITMAN, KEITH VS ANDREWS, JUDITH
12/02/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-961211506 REITMAN, KEITH VS MADISON, CARMEN
12/11/1996
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-CD-000002439 MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VS GERDIN,DALE,E
12/30/1996
- Hennepin Civil
Danielson, Andrew W.
Condemnation
Closed

(Oh, some kind of condemnation proceeding which doesn't name Reitman, but Reitman is involved. Wonder what piece of property THAT was about?)

27-CV-HC-970207528 REITMAN, KEITH VS SMITH, ANTOINETTE
02/07/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-970207529 REITMAN, KEITH VS MCCRANEY, KAREN
02/07/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-970721517 REITMAN, KEITH VS BROWN, TEALE
07/21/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-970801517 REITMAN, KEITH VS BLACKMAN, JOHN G
08/01/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-970822514 REITMAN, KEITH VS WEGNER, PETREE LATANA
08/22/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed


27-CV-HC-970822515 KEITH REITMAN VS RICHARD P GREEN
08/22/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-970908560 REITMAN, KEITH VS BROWNING, GEORGIA
09/08/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-970916515 REITMAN, KEITH VS DIXON, KERVIN BERNARD
09/16/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-971015512 KEITH REITMAN VS ALICE WILLIAMSON; BERYL BOLES
10/15/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-971209519 REITMAN, KEITH VS JOELSON, BRUCE J.
12/09/1997
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-980313535 REITMAN, KEITH VS DOE, JOHN
03/13/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(One suspects this was a case involving a squatter)

27-CV-HC-980326510 REITMAN, KEITH VS OVERS, CAROLINE
03/26/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-980408582 REITMAN, KEITH VS LEIKAS, JUNE
04/08/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(This name is familiar. It's the mother of murder victim Annshalike Hamilton, a case which this blog has written about extensively. The murder is still unsolved)

27-CV-HC-980624520 REITMAN, KEITH VS BUTLER, WINSTON D.
06/24/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-980706506 REITMAN, KEITH VS STANLEY, KELLEY
07/06/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-981102520 REITMAN, KEITH VS JONES, MICHEAL
11/02/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-981216508 REITMAN, KEITH VS LATHON, DELITHA
12/16/1998
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-990616525 REITMAN, KEITH VS SUTTA, MARGARET RUTH
06/16/1999
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-99-016181 MCCLAINE,DANIEL, VS REITMAN,KEITH,
11/05/1999
- Hennepin Civil
Alton, Ann Leslie
Personal Injury
Closed

27-CV-HC-991116538 KEITH REITMAN VS JAMES HENRY BRIGGS JR; RUTHIE P LIVINGSTON; ALSO KNOWN AS RUTHIE P BRIGGS
11/16/1999
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-991116539 KEITH REITMAN VS KATHY LORRAINE NEWMAN; JOHN DOE
11/16/1999
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-991221522 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS LATANYA SLEDGE
12/21/1999
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(Ah, here we have mention of the elusive James Lang. This name comes up in association with the fraudulent transaction at 1564 Hillside Ave. N., on the seller's side of the table. In several cases below, James Lang comes up again. It appears Lang was some kind of business partner of Reitman)

27-CV-HC-991221526 KEITH REITMAN VS JAMES BRIGGS; RUTHIE BRIGGS; ALSO KNOWN AS RUTHIE LIVINGSTON
12/21/1999
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-000207526 KEITH REITMAN VS DELITHA LATHON
02/07/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-00-0310067 JAMES H BRIGGS JR vs KEITH REITMAN
03/10/2000
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation - Housing
Closed

(Oh, somebody suing REITMAN in housing court. The tables are turned!)

27-CV-HC-000315517 KEITH REITMAN VS DELITHA LATHAN
03/15/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-000405506 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS LOLITA WALKER; MICHAEL WALKER
04/05/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-000405507 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS TAYNIA WAINWRIGHT; ALSO KNOWN AS TAYNIA GREEN; JOHN GREEN
04/05/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-000405511 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS MICHAEL RUSSELL
04/05/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-000823534 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS TINA DAWSON; TILIYIA DAWSON
08/23/2000
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-00-1219038 WARNING LITES OF MINNESOTA INC vs KEITH REITMAN
12/19/2000
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

(What on earth was "Warning Lites of Minnesota" suing Reitman about? A local address comes up with this business: 4700 Lyndale Ave. N. The business is also involved in making a number of minor political contributions)

27-CV-HC-010206530 KEITH REITMAN VS TAYNESHEA ANDREWS
02/06/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010307516 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS LATANYA SLEDGE
03/07/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010309536 KEITH REITMAN VS VICTOR GLEPLAY
03/09/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010309537 KEITH REITMAN VS MIRANDA COLLINS
03/09/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-01-003986 WARNING LITES OF MINNESOTA INC PLAINTIFF VS KEITH REITMAN DEFENDANT
03/26/2001
- Hennepin Civil
Transcript Judgment
Closed

(Here's the "Warning Lites" thing again)

27-CV-HC-010611516 KEITH REITMAN VS HENRY BREEDLOVE; JASON BREEDLOVE; SHERRIE BREEDLOVE
06/11/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010705503 KEITH REITMAN VS CONNIE RAE BUTTERFLY; JOHN DOE; MARY DOE
07/05/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010829509 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS MICHAEL RUSSELL
08/29/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010829511 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS MICHAEL COLEMAN
08/29/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-010918561 KEITH REITMAN VS SHEREE BREEDLOVE; HENRY BREEDLOVE; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
09/18/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-01-1002035 RUTHIE P LIVINGSTON vs KEITH REITMAN
10/02/2001
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

27-CV-HC-011010520 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMEN VS LATAYNIA SLEDGE
10/10/2001
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020208530 KEITH REITMAN VS NATHAN S MASCARENHAS; ALSO KNOWN AS NATHAN SAMUEL WHITE; SYLVIA MASCARENHAS
02/08/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020222508 KEITH REITMAN VS NATHAN S MASCARENHAS; ALSO KNOWN AS NATHAN S WHITE; SYLVIA MASCARENHAS
02/22/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-02-0326058 PATRICIA MADISON, RUSSELL MADISON vs KEITH REITMAN
03/26/2002
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

27-CV-TC-000029788 REITMAN,KEITH, VS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
04/01/2002
- Hennepin Civil
Tax Court
Closed

(Back to tax court again!)

27-CV-HC-020409519 KEITH REITMAN VS DARRYL CHARLES THOMAS
04/09/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020423501 KEITH REITMAN VS ELSIE ROBERSON; TINA WILLIAMS; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
04/23/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020507501 KEITH REITMAN VS BRIAN JONES; CHARLES LEONARD THOMAS
05/07/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020814900 CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS VS KEITH REITMAN
08/14/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Rent Escrow
Closed

(Reitman on the receiving end for a change. Ouch)

27-CV-HC-020923508 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS PAUL GLUBINSKI; CALVIN DAY; NIKKI DOE
09/23/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-020927509 KEITH REITMAN VS SHEREE BREEDLOVE; HENRY BREEDLOVE; JOHN DOE
09/27/2002
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-030211537 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS CINDY RODRIGUEZ; ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ
02/11/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-030213540 KEITH REITMAN VS MAUREEN N UMEADI
02/13/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-030410519 KEITH REITMAN VS ERIC SWOOPE; FERIDIA TURNER; JOHN DOE
04/10/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-03-0508036 CHARLES THOMAS vs KEITH REITMAN
05/08/2003
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

(Wonder what this civil case was about?)

27-CV-HC-030514571 JAMES L LANG; KEITH REITMAN VS BOBBY ROGERS
05/14/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-03-0611061 MAUREEN N UMEADI vs KEITH REITMAN
06/11/2003
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

27-CO-03-0616040 CHARLES THOMAS vs KEITH REITMAN
06/16/2003
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

(There's that Charles Thomas case again)

27-CV-HC-030912534 KEITH REITMAN VS TANYA L LEE
09/12/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-030912535 KEITH REITMAN VS JEWELL D SIMMONS; GEORGENIA HEARD; ALSO KNOWN AS GEORGENIA SIMMONS
09/12/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-03-016732 REITMAN,KEITH,D VS WILLIAMS,ANNABELLE ,
10/03/2003
- Hennepin Civil
Oleisky, Allen
Contract
Closed

27-CV-03-017192 THOMAS,CHARLES,L VS REITMAN,KEITH,
10/13/2003
- Hennepin Civil
Hedlund, Deborah
Conciliation Appeal
Closed

(And there's the same part again! That matter sure dragged on for a while)

27-CV-HC-031215519 KEITH REITMAN VS WAYNE HUFF; ANGELA SULLIVAN; ALSO KNOWN AS ANGELA SULLIVAN HUFF
12/15/2003
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-CD-000002746 COUNTY OF HENNEPIN VS Q C ENERGY II LC
04/06/2004
- Hennepin Civil
Porter, Charles A., Jr.
Condemnation
Closed

(A condemnation case...Reitman apparently a party to the case)

27-CV-HC-040628516 KEITH REITMAN VS LISA HERON; ALSO KNOWN AS LISA HERRON; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
06/28/2004
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-040804528 KEITH REITMAN VS CHARLOTTE RENE KING JOHN DOE JANE DOE
08/04/2004
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-040920529 KEITH REITMAN VS LESLIE DAVIS; EARTH PROTECTOR INC
09/20/2004
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(Oh, my! Keith Reitman versus perennial third party "also ran" Leslie Davis, who is currently running for governor, and whose odds of winning are roughly the same as getting struck by lightning)

27-CV-HC-050407519 KEITH REITMAN VS DENNIS WILLIAMSON; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
04/07/2005
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-050415541 KEITH REITMAN VS LISA LETEXIER; RON REYNOLDS; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
04/15/2005
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CO-05-0419031 KEITH REITMAN vs MAURICE WRIGHT, MICHAEL WRIGHT
04/19/2005
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation - Housing
Closed

27-CV-HC-050419534 KEITH REITMAN VS MAURICE WRIGHT; MICHAEL WRIGHT; JOHN DOE; JANE DOE
04/19/2005
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-05-007087 REITMAN,KEITH,DAVID VS TOLLEFSON,LILLIAN,J
05/26/2005
- Hennepin Civil
Rosenbaum, Marilyn Brown
Civil Other/Misc.
Closed

27-CV-CD-000002780 COUNTY OF HENNEPIN VS ASHRAF LLC
07/21/2005
- Hennepin Civil
Reilly, Denise D.
Condemnation
Closed

(Yet another condemnation case that comes up in a search for Reitman's name)

27-CV-HC-050802527 KEITH REITMAN VS LOLA TOLBERT; JON DOE; JANE DOE
08/02/2005
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-CD-000002786 COUNTY OF HENNEPIN VS LIPPIATT,PATRICIA,
09/12/2005
- Hennepin Civil
Wexler, Thomas W.
Condemnation
Closed

27-CO-06-0530018 KEITH REITMAN vs ANITA ASHFORD, AKA ANITA WOMACK
05/30/2006
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation - Housing
Closed

27-CV-HC-06-871 KEITH REITMAN vs Harlyn Rohr
05/30/2006
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-06-874 KEITH REITMAN vs Anita Ashford aka Anita Womack nka Anita Plunkett dba Soul Survivor
05/30/2006
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

(This was a record store, located where the Mississippi Hospitality business is currently located. Many folks just refer to Mississippi Hospitality as "Mississippi Hair.")

27-CV-06-20298 County of Hennepin vs Ashraf, LLC, Keith Reitman, etal
10/17/2006
- Hennepin Civil
Reilly, Denise D.
Condemnation Appeal
Closed

(A similarly-named case appears further above, though this one names Reitman)

27-CV-HC-07-1555 KEITH REITMAN vs CRISSY JAMISON
02/23/2007
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-07-5362 KEITH REITMAN vs DAKARA S. STEWARD, KAREN DENISE JONES, LATONYA LIGE
07/05/2007
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-07-5363 KEITH REITMAN vs ROBERT H MOLNAR and John Doe
07/05/2007
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-07-10287 KEITH REITMAN vs Theresa M Blanks
12/12/2007
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed-Physical File Destroyed

(Physical file destroyed? You don't see THAT very often!)

27-CO-08-0512015 MARY COLTON vs KEITH REITMAN
05/12/2008
- Hennepin Civil
Conciliation
Closed

27-CV-HC-08-5627 KEITH REITMAN vs Giana Harris, Ashley Harris
07/07/2008
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-08-6304 Keith Reitman vs Nakisha Meanweather, Marlon Johnson
07/24/2008
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-08-19011 HERMAN APPRAISAL SERVICES INC vs Keith Reitman
08/04/2008
- Hennepin Civil
Bernhardson, Ivy S.
Contract
Closed

(Why would an appraisal service sue Keith Reitman? This may be a very interesting case to look into)

27-CV-08-25631 CenterPoint Energy vs Deangelo Warner, Gabriel Hart, Colleen B Fahey, Bernard Miles, Justin Utecht et. al.
10/08/2008
- Hennepin Civil
Civil Other/Misc.
Closed

(Another case that appears under a search of Reitman's name)

27-CV-HC-08-8754 KEITH REITMAN vs TIAWON CORTNEY HENDERSON, John Doe, Jane Doe
10/10/2008
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-08-9246 KEITH REITMAN vs Areshia Nelson, Curtis L Nelson
10/23/2008
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-09-2522 KEITH REITMAN vs Heather Shultz, Nicole Burch and John Doe
03/27/2009
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-HC-09-4975 KEITH REITMAN vs Kelly N Schmaltz, Andrew R Campbell, Mark A Smith
06/18/2009
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-09-23991 Stacy Shaffer individually and as parent and natural guardian of XXXXXX vs Keith Reitman
09/23/2009
- Hennepin Civil
Blaeser, Robert A.
Personal Injury
Open

(This is the case of a child falling from a window, which I've written about previously. At the request of the mother, I have deleted the name of the child, though the name appears in online records)

27-CV-HC-10-1468 Keith Reitman vs Alice D Williamson, John Doe
03/09/2010
- Hennepin Housing
Eviction (UD)
Closed

27-CV-10-10557 KEITH REITMAN (PID: 16-029-24-24-0187) vs COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
04/29/2010
- Hennepin Civil
Tax Court
Closed

(Ah, back to tax court)

One has to wonder what will be the NEXT court case to make this list?