Federal appeals court narrowly blocks controversial Florida law barring Chinese land ownership

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“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Abudu wrote. While the appeals court panel stopped short of entirely blocking the law, it granted an injunction for two of the plaintiffs in the case who said they feared they will be forced to cancel contracts they signed to buy homes. “The balance of equities tips in their favor because their recent and pending transactions create the most imminent risk of irreparable harm in the absence of a stay,” the panel wrote. Gov. Ron DeSantis championed the law last year while on the presidential campaign trail and criticized the...