Petworth Holdings, LLC v. Bowser

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PETWORTH HOLDINGS, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 18-3 (JEB) MURIEL BOWSER, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Although cities seek to attract destination restaurants and desirable retail, they must also keep the more prosaic needs of their citizenry in mind. For example, fearing the rapid disappearance of full-service gas stations from the District of Columbia, the D.C. City Council passed the Retail Service Station Act (RSSA) in 1976 to ban the conversion of such gas stations to limited-service stations. This…