United States Ninth Circuit
Sylvia Landfield Trust v. City of Los Angeles, 11-55904
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), which authorizes the placing of property into REAP when a landlord fails to repair habitability violations, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed, where: 1) REAP was rationally related to the legitimate governmental interests of repairing and preventing substandard housing; 2) REAP did not violate plaintiffs' substantive due process rights; and 3) plaintiffs' procedural challenges failed to support an as-applied substantive due process claim.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/09/2013
- Published 09/09/2013
Judges
- PREGERSON
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit