Chong Yim, et al., Petitioners v. City of Seattle, Washington

  1. January 22, 2024

    Supreme Court Skips Review Of Seattle Tenant Check Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a challenge to a Seattle law barring landlords from asking tenants about their criminal records and taking adverse action against them based on their answers.

  2. December 15, 2023

    Seattle Urges High Court To Nix Review Of Tenant Check Law

    The city of Seattle told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to side against landlords challenging the city's 2017 tenant check law that bars landlords from asking tenants about their arrest and conviction histories and taking adverse action such as not renting to tenants who have those types of histories.

  3. September 29, 2023

    Landlords Urge Justices To Review Seattle Tenant Check Law

    A group of property owners and a landlord association urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision upholding a provision of a Seattle tenant background check law that the landlords say is unconstitutional.