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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Substantive due process is dead for residential landlords. Might makes right.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt;background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Chong Yim v. 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A formal opinion may very well reach a different conclusion.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>scott <a href="http://scottgthomaslaw.com">scottgthomaslaw.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 20, 2023 3:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Does new provisions of Residential Landlord Tenant law violate the Contract Clause</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">No idea if it is unconstitutional or not, but the prohibition on quartering soldiers is found in a different part of the consitution than the prohibition on impairing the obligation of contracts. I remain curious about the application of the latter theory, however. </p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 01/20/2023 11:51 AM PST <a href="mailto:jeff@bellanddavispllc.com">jeff@bellanddavispllc.com</a> wrote: </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Has anyone looked at whether any of the onerous new LL/TT provisions violate the contract clause under the US Constitution? I realize state government can regulate industry, but given how the law is intentionally imposing on private parties to house the poor without just compensation, it seems something is amiss. I thought we can’t be forced to house solders; what’s the difference here?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jeff</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">W. Jeff Davis</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">BELL & DAVIS PLLC</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Attorneys at Law</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>P.O. 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