Legal Opinion
Fisher v. City of Berkeley
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 28, 1986No. 84-1538PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
The question presented here is whether a rent control ordinance enacted by a municipality pursuant to popular initiative is unconstitutional because pre-empted by the Sherman Act.
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In June 1980, the electorate of the city of Berkeley, California, enacted an initiative entitled “Ordinance 5261-N. S., Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance” *262(hereafter Ordinance). Section 3 of the Ordinance stated the measure’s purposes:1
“The purposes of this Ordinance are to regulate residential rent increases in the City of Berkeley and to protect tenants from unwarranted rent increases and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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