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District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)

Citation
District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Parent Document
District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2021-05-13
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4882760/district-of-columbia-v-towers/ ↗

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Instead the trial court focused on the property owners’ claim that the filing
moratorium violated their “fundamental right of access to the courts.” The court
determined that “[t]he United States Constitution protects the right of property
owners to go to court to regain possession of their property in a summary
proceeding,” any infringement on this “time-sensitive” right was subject to
intermediate scrutiny, and the filing moratorium did not survive such review.
Accordingly, the trial court issued a declaratory judgment that the filing moratorium