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06/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/16/2025 15:06
Federal Circuit Allows Takings Claims for U.S. COVID Eviction Moratorium
June 16, 2025
Judge Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh In on the Issue
- The Federal Circuit refused to rehear a decision allowing residential landlords to seek compensation from the government for lost rent from the CDC's COVID-era Eviction Moratorium.
- In concurring with the denial, one judge emphasized that the case would benefit from U.S. Supreme Court review.
- If the Supreme Court does not intervene, the Federal Circuit's decision potentially exposes the federal government to billions of dollars of liability from residential landlords.
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