Court Opinion

ID: 9463954
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:21:24.556913+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:23.091499
License: Public Domain

CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
As indicated in my concurring opinion, I see this less as a question of preemption than as of statutory construction. Preemption cases normally involve statutes which are silent on the precise issue, and a court has to struggle with what is implied. Here, however, I think Congress has expressly delegated to HUD the authority to accept or reject local rent control. Since HUD acquiesced during the period in question, I agree with the court’s result. Given my own view of the issues, the doctrinal underpinnings of the ongoing preemption cases seem less important than they do to my brethren, and I do not necessarily agree (nor do I necessarily disagree) with what is said in that regard.