The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case brought by more than a dozen landlords challenging Los Angeles’ moratorium on evictions during COVID-19.
The landlords argued that the nonpayment of rent constituted a taking of their property in violation of the Constitution.
It would have taken four justices to vote in favor of hearing the dispute, GHP Management Corporation v. City of Los Angeles, for oral arguments to be granted during the court’s next term, which begins in October.
Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s denial to review the case. He was joined by Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
“Given the sheer number of landlords and tenants, any eviction-moratorium statute stands to affect countless parties. And, the end of the COVID-19 pandemic has not diminished the importance of this issue. Municipalities continue to enact eviction moratoria in the wake of other emergencies,” Justice Thomas wrote.
Los Angeles enacted the moratorium for tenants who could not make rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It lasted from 2020 to 2024, according to court records.
The landlords argued that, as of August 2021, their lost rents amounted to more than $20 million.
For more information, visit The Washington Times COVID-19 resource page.
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