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Weekly litigation report—December 23, 2017

December 23, 2017 | By JAMES BURLING

Brief filed on behalf of landlords forbidden to choose their own tenants This week we filed our opening brief in Yim v. City of Seattle, a lawsuit challenging Seattle's outright ban on landlords' right to select their tenants. Under Seattle's "first-in-time" rule, landlords must offer housing to the first person who files an adequate rental appl ...

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PLF sues Highland for warrantless snooping on rental property

July 13, 2016 | By WENCONG FA

The City of Highland is violating fundamental constitutional rights by trying to coerce landlords and tenants into surrendering their freedom from unjustified, warrantless government intrusion on their property. So argues a new federal lawsuit against the city.  It challenges the city's attempt to pressure a rental property owner and his tenants ...