WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a federal moratorium on evictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic to remain in place.

Without comment, the court declined to take up an emergency appeal from the Alabama Association of Realtors and other groups, who had argued the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority by imposing the moratorium last fall.

That means a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit keeps the moratorium in place while the suit works its way through the courts.

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