February 21, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from two landlords who argue COVID-19 eviction bans passed by Washington and the city of Seattle amount to a physical taking of their property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
October 27, 2023
The Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court's rejection of two landlords' constitutional challenges to laws banning eviction in Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that the rental housing providers were never forced to submit to a physical occupation of their properties.