Florida ban on Chinese buying property goes to U.S. appeals court

Law has chilling effect for Asian Americans in general, say plaintiff's supporters

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New townhomes are seen in a subdivision in Tampa, Florida. © Reuters

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- A federal appellate court in Miami hears arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging Florida's alien land law, which bans Chinese citizens from buying most property in the state and has been criticized as discriminatory.

Lawyers representing Chinese plaintiffs will argue that this law is unconstitutional and ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to block the law "more broadly" after the court initially halted enforcement against two of the individual plaintiffs, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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