US Supreme Court Denied Petition to Appeal Seattle First-Come First-Served Law

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it would not hear an appeal of a Washington state supreme court decision upholding a Seattle law that requires landlords to process tenant applications on a first-come, first-served basis. Seattle-based landlords sued after the law was passed in 2017 – a King County judge sided with the landlords, but in 2019 the Washington supreme court upheld the law. Because the US Supreme Court declined to hear the case, the law will stand. Read more.