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LEGAL MATTERS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Loss Contingency [Abstract] |
LEGAL MATTERS | LEGAL MATTERS The Company is not presently involved in any material litigation nor, to its knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against the Company or its properties, other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. As previously reported in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company had been involved in pending litigation related to an action against the Company and certain of its officers in connection with the Company’s November 2016 purchase of a land parcel, alleging breach of contract and other claims in law and in equity. The Company asserted numerous affirmative defenses. In an effort to resolve the litigation, EastGroup made an initial settlement offer for $497,000, which was reserved in the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the parties came to a mediated resolution of the matter and it was resolved; losses related to the matter are included in Other on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. Even though the matter was settled, the case was dismissed, and releases exchanged among all parties, the Plaintiff filed an appeal of the order in the Florida Court of Appeal compelling him to comply with the settlement. The Court has since dismissed the appeal. All monies due under the settlement have been paid to the Plaintiff’s lawyers and were accounted for as stated above.

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