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Litigation

May 10, 2016

Federal jury finds Carson's rent control measures violated mobile home park owner's rights

A Los Angeles federal jury has awarded the owner $3.3 million in damages and said the city of Carson's rent control measures violated his Fifth Amendment rights.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

After an eight-year legal battle, a Los Angeles federal jury awarded a mobile home park owner $3.3 million in damages and said the city of Carson's rent control measures violated the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.

The Thursday decision marks one of the first major wins James F. Goldstein has scored since he purchased Colony Cove Properties in 2006 and tried to...

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