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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This is not to say that the filing moratorium could not be challenged on other
grounds. But see Baptiste, 490 F. Supp. 3d at 369–71 (finding landlords not
reasonably likely to prevail on claims that filing moratorium violates their rights
under the Contracts Clause, Takings Clause, and First Amendment); Elmsford
Apartment Assocs., LLC, 469 F. Supp. 3d at 155–56 (rejecting landlords’ claims that
filing moratorium violates their rights under the Contracts Clause, Takings Clause,
and Due Process Clause). But because the trial court limited its analysis to a
determination that the filing moratorium violated the right of access to the courts,
our focus is on whether the District’s challenge to that analysis has a likelihood of
success. It appears that it does.20

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