Howard Iten v. County of Los Angeles
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August 30, 2023
LA Landlord's Suit Over COVID Eviction Ban Gets New Life
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a Los Angeles landlord's challenge to the county's 2020 moratorium on COVID-19 pandemic-related evictions, saying the district court botched its analysis of whether the landlord has standing under the contracts clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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April 10, 2023
9th Circ. Reviews COVID Eviction Bans in L.A., Seattle
West Coast landlords faced tough questions at the Ninth Circuit on Monday in attempts to preserve their power to evict tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic, hoping to convince the court in three cases that state and municipal eviction bans violated their constitutional rights.