Contracts Clause

Here’s the cert petition which we filed recently. We won’t be saying much about this one because it is one of ours. 

But here’s the Question Presented, which pretty much says it all:

The City of Lathrup Village, Michigan, prohibits leasing commercial property without a license. But the City will not issue a license unless

SCOTUSdoor
Knocking on the Supreme Court’s door

Earlier this week in this Order, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review four property rights cert petitions (three of which were ours):

Here’s a recently-filed cert petition raising questions in a challenge to Los Angeles’ County’s imposition of ban on commercial evictions during Co-19. A lot of other jurisdictions around the country imposed eviction restrictions or prohibitions on residential properties, but LA County stood alone in restricting commercial evictions.

This one asks whether a party is categorically