December 12, 2025
The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a Chinese citizen's suit challenging a Texas law that bars residents and entities domiciled in specific countries, such as China, from buying property in the state, ruling the plaintiff lacks standing to sue because China is not his permanent home and he does not "intend to return."
November 04, 2025
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of a seminary student's argument that Texas' new law barring Chinese nationals from buying land in the Lone Star State applies to him, suggesting Tuesday the man seems to be domiciled in Texas.