Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit, Orders Courts to Hear Landlord Rights Case From San Francisco

Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit, Orders Courts to Hear Landlord Rights Case From San Francisco
The Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 5, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
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A unanimous Supreme Court held that the courts must hear a challenge to a San Francisco ordinance forcing landowners to provide lifetime leases to tenants, overturning a ruling by the often-reversed U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

The case, Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, court file 20-1212, was disposed of without oral arguments on June 28 in an unsigned opinion.