Rainier View Associates v. United States

848 F.2d 988 RAINIER VIEW ASSOCIATES, a Washington limited partnership; Kurtis R. Mayer and Pamela Mayer, dba/Mayer Built Homes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, acting Through the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellee. No. 86-3685. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1987. Submission Vacated June 1, 1987. Resubmitted March 7, 1988. Decided June 6, 1988. Warren J. Daheim, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. Mack A. Player, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before FLETCHER, BOOCHEVER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 In this action for declaratory relief, we consider a question of contract interpretation concerning the method by which the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") may alter its method of calculating annual rent adjustments for government-assisted housing projects. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the United States and against…