The path of the Whole Foods eviction case became much clearer after U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth opined clearly and firmly in a memorandum filed January 24th 2018. The opinion followed months of court silence, during which the only action was the landlord's (Wical's) attempt to dismiss Whole Foods complaints for the eviction notice. While the only substantive accomplishment of the opinion was to deny Wical's attempt to dismiss the complaint - which doesn't take the case