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211278P.pdf 04/05/2022 Heights Apartments, LLC v. Tim Walz
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-1278
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Gruender and Stras, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - COVID-19. Plaintiff, a property owner, challenged the
Governor of Minnesota's executive orders regarding a residential eviction
moratorium, claiming the orders violated its rights under the Contract
Clause, as well as the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments; the
district court dismissed. Held; Plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded, at the
dismissal stage of the proceedings, claims under the Contract Clause and
the Takings Clause; the dismissal of those two claims is reversed and the
case is remanded for further proceedings.