Florida Blocked From Banning Home Buying by Chinese Citizens (1)

A federal appeals court halted the enforcement of a Florida law banning citizens of China from purchasing property in the state against two plaintiffs.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found Thursday that the plaintiffs—including workers on H-1B specialty occupation visas and an Orlando-based real estate firm—showed a substantial likelihood of success in arguing that SB 264 was preempted by federal statute. The appeals court halted enforcement of the law until it rules on the merits of the challenge.

The preliminary injunction will apply to two individual plaintiffs challenging the rule—Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu—because “their recent ...