Legal Opinion
Levald, Inc. v. City of Palm Desert
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1993No. 91-56315PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to consider, yet again, a takings challenge to mobile home rent control laws.
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Levald, Inc. owns a mobile home park in the city of Palm Desert, California. Residents of the park own their mobile homes but rent pads from Levald. Levald provides private streets and common areas, along with other lesser amenities. The vast majority of mobile homes are never moved once they are placed in the park.
The park is subject to California’s Mobile-home Residency Law, California Civil Code § 798 et seq. (“the residency law”). The impetus for the residency law…
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