Supreme Court Won’t Rule On Whether COVID Eviction Ban Was 5th Amendment Taking

( July 1, 2025, 10:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 denied the petition for writ of certiorari of rental property owners seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel decision affirming a California federal court ruling that a COVID-era eviction moratorium was not an uncompensated taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment....