Viking Properties, Inc. v. Holm

¶1 J.M. Johnson, J.

Appellant homeowners (Homeowners) and respondent Viking Properties, Inc. (Viking), own residential properties in a subdivision in the city of Shoreline (City) subject to a decades-old restrictive covenant. The covenant bars racial minorities from ownership of the land and imposes a density limitation providing that there may be no more than one dwelling on each one-half acre. Viking asked Homeowners to release the entire covenant so Viking could redevelop a lot it purchased in 2002. After Homeowners refused this demand, Viking *116filed a declaratory judgment action to…