LR landlord seeking class-action status in suit over searches
(World News USA)

A Little Rock man who owns rental property across the city is challenging its rental inspection code, which he says allows illegal searches for violations. Property owner Robert Moore is seeking class-action status for his federal lawsuit, which alleges the city code violates the Fourth Amendment right of landlords and tenants to be free from unnecessary searches and seizures, and infringes on other constitutional rights as well. Having survived the city`s motion to dismiss, the case was headed for an Aug. 31 jury trial in a federal courtroom until Wednesday, when U.S. District Judge James Moody granted the city`s recent request to postpone proceedings until he can decide whether the case...