Justices Asked to Lift CDC’s Sailing Restrictions on Cruises (1)

Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to free the cruise industry from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “gauntlet of preconditions” necessary before ships can resume sailing, saying that the rules have already cost the state tens of millions of dollars in port revenue and other costs.

The request could be moot after the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed course late Friday by prohibiting the CDC from enforcing the order against ships leaving from Florida ports. The Eleventh Circuit July 17 had said the rules could stay in place while the CDC appealed ...