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Alexander Gallo v. District of Columbia
Paid petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 21-CV-37 · judgment October 7, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
In 2020, several states and municipalities imposed uncompensated “eviction ban” moratoria. This petition concerns the District of Columbia’s municipal ban- held unconstitutional by the District’s Superior Court. The questions presented are:
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Whether a Legislature’s Closing of Landlord-Tenant Court Violates Access to the Court
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Whether Fundamental Rights of Property are Fundamental Rights Warranting Strict Scrutiny
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Whether the Withdrawal of Possessory Remedy Against a Lessee in Breach of Contract Violates the Contract Clause
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Whether Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U.S. (2019) Abolished Declaratory or Injunctive Relief for a Continuous Taking
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Whether Suspension of a Homeowner’s Right to Possess or Exclude is a Taking of Property % ,.■
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexander Gallo
For respondent
Loren L. AliKhan
D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 06 2022Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner DENIED.
- May 17 2022Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
- May 04 2022Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner.
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 15 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 09 2021Waiver of right of respondent District of Columbia to respond filed.
- Nov 23 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)