The issue focused on the applicability of the federal fair housing law to some local cases. The court held that the states have the power to establish their own fair housing laws, and that the federal law was not applicable to them. The court also held that the states can provide by state law that an individual can be removed from a property or business for any reason, but that the individual has the right to have the court consider the reason for the removal. The court did not consider the problem of non-consensual