In an action under the Housing and Community Development Act challenging eviction notices issued by defendant-landlord, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “good cause” regulation did not preempt the operation of the City of Los Angeles’s eviction control ordinance.

Read Barrientos v. 1801-1825 Morton LLC, No. 07-56697

Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted March 2, 2009

Filed October 9, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw

Counsel

For Appellant:

Chris J. Evans, Kimball, Tirey & St. John, LLP, Irvine, CA

For Appellees:

Michael E. Soloff, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA

A. Christian Abasto, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

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