GARNEAU v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 95-35920.

147 F.3d 802 (1998)

Faye GARNEAU, Edward Garneau, Robert Klepinger, Nicolas Fedan, Richard Ju, Triad Development, Inc., a Washington corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and The Tenants Union, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Hultman, Seattle, Washington, for appellants.

Sandra M. Watson, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington, for appellee.

Steve Fredrickson, Seattle, Washington, for intervenor-appellee.

Before: BRUNETTI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide whether the enactment of the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance by the City of Seattle effected a taking of property in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.1

I.

A.

During the 1980s, Seattle area low-income tenants were hurt by a booming redevelopment market that led to a sharp increase...

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