Montclair Parkowners Ass'n v. Montclair, City of

ELR Citation: ELR 20559
No(s). 99-55083 (9th Cir. May 8, 2000)

The court holds that the federal courts can hear a trailer park association's claim that a local rent control ordinance regulating trailer parks effected an unconstitutional taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Because the association brought suits in federal and state court, the federa...