Ethan Blevins , Attorney at Law, 839 W. 3600 S., Bountiful, UT 84010-8423, Brian Trevor Hodges , Pacific Legal Foundation, 255 S. King Street, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98134, for Respondents.
Tim Trohimovich , Futurewise, 816 2nd Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104-1535, for Amicus Curiae (Futurewise).
Karen Louise Osborne , Attorney at Law, 9721 N.E. Livingston Mountain Court, Camas, WA 98607-7737, for Amicus Curiae (Goldwater Institute).
Joshua A. Windham , Institute for Justice, 901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 22203, William R. Maurer , Institute For Justice, 600 University Street, Suite 1730, Seattle, WA 98101-2925, Amicus Curiae (Institute For Justice).
Gerry Lee Alexander , Attorney at Law, 910 Lakeridge Way S.W., Olympia, WA 98502-6036, Walter Hartvig Olsen, Jr. , Olsen Law Firm PLLC, 205 S. Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98371-5915, for Amicus Curiae (Manufactured Housing Communities of Washington).
Kelly Ann Mennemeier , Foster Garvey PC, 1111 3rd Avenue, Suite 3000, Seattle, WA 98101-3296, John J. McDermott , National Apartment Association, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22203, for Amici Curiae (National Apartment Association and Washington Multi-Family Housing Association).
Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Avenue S.W., Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA 98126-2138, for Amicus Curiae (Rental Housing Association of Washington).
Rory B. O'Sullivan , Student Legal Services, 4001 E. Stevens Way N.E., Room 306, Husky Union Building, Seattle, WA 98195-2236, for Amicus Curiae (Seattle Displacement Coalition).
Tony Gonzalez , Nicholas Broten Straley , Columbia Legal Services, 300 Okanogan Avenue, Suite 2A, Wenatchee, WA 98801-6940, for Amicus Curiae (Tenants Union of Washington State).
Jonathan Collins , Smith Goodfriend, 1619 8th Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109-3007, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys).
YU, J.
¶1 This case concerns the constitutionality of Seattle's "first-in-time rule" (FIT rule), Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 14.08.050. Broadly speaking, the FIT rule provides that Seattle landlords seeking to fill vacant tenancies must provide notice of their rental criteria, screen all completed applications in chronological order, and offer...
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