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AUG 1 3 1985
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M"yar ;'Inri ("1 ty C(June, 1
FROM;
Clty Attornf>Y
~mH,lrC'l':
RPfJU0<;t to P,lrt]('lpatt" rt": Am1,uc; CUflCl.C'
1 n rl. <;hpr v ~~l. ty ot.. BprJ~.fll ey
1'hl<;
for
thl" C,ry
Staff Report
rt"C}uP'1ts
pt"rm1'~Slon
At torn,>y I <;
Otf1 ('p to <'.uhm) t <=Ill ann ('Uc; CUI') -'If> hr) pt 1 n <;upport
ot thp Clty at Rerkpley 1n F1~het_y~~~~~[kplpy, 17 Cal.
3d
~nJprl
644 _ 693 P 7d :161 _ 20g
, J
C ,l ~
(1gR41.
J
Rptf'.
687
J IJ 'r
'; OS
7h'1'~; R6 L. i:'~d
)70 rlQaS\
now ~pnd,ng hpforc
?ci
q r.t.
thp Unltecl Statps Supremp Court.
RACKCRO{lNI~
Fl'>hf>r
v Clty of RC'rkpl0Y 1~
a rh~llpngp hy l~n~lGrd~
to
(:1 ty of
or h e Crt I 1 f 0'- n 1 "
thp
Bprkf'If>Y "Rpnt Contr"l
I.dW
Sllpremp
Court uphpld thl"
law aO~lnst clalm<; that rent control
..J
Vlo1i'ltpcl
And thAt
thE" Cltv of
.L
thp
t I'.c!pr i'l1
yr, t 1 t r \l '" t
lawc;
Rprkplf>Y
unconstltutloT1al
"t;:lklnq" of
lf3W opf'rated
a"l
an
property.
'l'hp IIn1 tpd ;-~t:.tE'S !"->uprpmf> Court ilcrf>ph"'Cl FIn aprpa I
ae;
to thf> antltrust ls~ue and
dl~ml~SE'rl thp apppa] a~ to thp
"ti'lklng" lC;:C;\lP_
'-';'lnt<=l Mnnlrn Sllhm1ttp(j an i'lmlCIl"> rllr"l,}p o'lPf
to
thp rallforn1<l Supremp Court,
our pOS1tlon wac; arlop~pd by
thp
C(lurt on hoth thp i'lntltruc;t
Wp
and r- f' n t c <) n t r () 1 1 <; c; 11 P <;
1.
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AUG 1 3 19!5
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.
h=lve
City ot Hprkf'lf'Y
tn ,;uhmlt an
r f>(JUf"' <> t PO
hppn
hy
t lop
am1CU'; Cll(lap brlpf 1n thp lInltpo Statps Supr€'mf' Court
r t 1 <;
antlclpat"pd
thi'lt
i'lnrl other
In. Al pntltle'
numprous
rltlPC;
would JOIn thlq hrlef_
F'1!'ihpr
Bt=>rkelE'j 1~
for two mt'll n
an Important ca,;p
v.
rp,'lsonc;.
Flrc;t; It challf>ngf><; thp
rIght of CltIP~ to Impoc;p
rent
cont" ,-() 1 s,
]pgls1Atl0n I<"
clalmlng
thl<;
t ypp of
tni'lt
Iprlcp-flxlng"
ahsolutely prOhIbIted by thp fprlpral antItrust
lilW5.
If
the 1 andl ords' pas1 t 1 on 1 g
iU-CPptpo by thf' cnnrt i
CltlP';
would
from adoptIng any
kind of rpot
be pt'Ohl b 1 tpd
control law, pvpn thoulJh rf>nt ("ontrol 1,;)<; t-,ppn Arrrc,vpcl hy the
st<'lte C'"ollrts ac; a proppr subJPct of munlclpn] regulatIon- Sf't;"
RIrkpntrlrl V rlty of Rprkplpy/ 17 ral
~ri 129, ~~O P 70: 1001
1 'W
CFll.
4fi5
r 1 g7h I; r..1r'~on
Mobl I P l!~ P,11l.--.DWr,p r '::.:.
Rptr
7\"c;'n
15 (,a1.
ld 467
h7) P.?o 1~)g7
lq7
C)ty of (;arson
v-
Cillo
Jlkely
tn
Pr"r.
'H4
(1gp,"n-
<:.)pronrl]
thp
C,j ,>1"
1 5
e<;tAbll<;;h
JUdlCHiJ
tpst
tor
PVrtluatlng
C"li'lrlfy thp
or
rintItnl<;t
ilno
to mUnICIfjal
Cl,qll<;e
(hFl.1 I E"n::v"s
Commerre
rpqulatlon<;
Tn thIS sf'nse) Flsher---Y.:...~_:c.J(f"l€'y could set <l
prpc:edent
affertIno numprolls
"'
In
laws
mUnIClp.'ll
types
ot
arlOItlon to rpnt rontrols.
'I'hp t"pst pqtFlbllshed by thC' Callfornla Suprpl'TJp Court In
Fl<;hpy lR
\1E'ry frlvnrilhle
r t 1 <::;
e"Xpprtpd that
to
("ItIPS_
ol-ganl7.PO reFl] estate 1ntE'rpsts wIll mount a wpll-tlnanced nnri
f'xtenslVP attack 1.n thp Unlt00 Statp"; SlIpr.-mE' Court"
','hE' (I ty
Of Berkeley wIll bE' represented by Profpssor Lallrpnrp TrIhp ot
HnrV,1rn
~>rhn(.l
fJn1versIty
law
expprt
f'ml npnt
an
on
2
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.
(' 0 n S t 1 t II t 1 ,-' ,-, <l l
1,"lW
How,'\Ter;
[)PCi'lll<;e
advprsp
rullng,
cl;;'111 pnge
thp
on
a[)neFil
. .
forrpfully and rnmprphpn~lvply <l~ pO~~lhlp.
hy
and
other
lo('al pntltlE"S sllpportlnq
(,ltlP<;
BE"rkplpy ~nd thE" oplo1on of
e
cd
c-f aI"
the risks
be ffipi as
must.
'T'hp p."l r t 1 , 1 pa t 10>'
thf> Clty of
bp
In
artl culatHH)
thp Cilll forr" rt Suorpr'nf' COllrt may
and
('on<" derabl p
of
;l.1 rl
thp
dpmonst~-iltlng the]r lmportilnrp to 10\ill no"(~rnmpl,t
'{'hp
bf"1.pfs
support
ot
Bprkp 1 Py mu ''; t
In
Septpmher ", 1qB5.
RF.COMMENDA'rTON
It
rpsppctfully rpquf'stpd
thAt
<;IJhml r an am] I-US rur 1 ae hrI ef
Clty CounCIl
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authorI7p
the CIty Attorney to
bph~]f ot thp CIty of
1 n
thp UnIted Statps Suoremp Court on
Rerkp]py 1n Fl<;her V. CIty of Rprkplpy_
PRF.pA.I-H:r) AY:
the
Issues
bf" f11po by
Rohert M Myprs; CIty Attorney
Stephen S. Stark, ASSistant CIty Attorney
K;nl M. M."lnhplm, D0pllty Clty Attorney
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