Fri.Sep 11, 2020

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Federal Eviction Ban Provides Temporary Relief for Tenants, But Satisfies No One

Nolo's Blog

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a nation-wide order that bans evictions of tenants who can’t pay their rent due to the coronavirus pandemic. As of September 1, 2020 and until the end of this year, landlords may not initiate or complete evictions based on rent nonpayment, as long as the tenant qualifies for relief under the CDC’s order.

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The Court of Appeals doesn’t know all the information about a case unless the parties teach it (even if everyone else in the case does).

SquirePattonBoggs

When a panel of the Sixth Circuit denied rehearing in a criminal case last month, Judge Moore issued a separate opinion, joined by Judge White, that highlights an important point for appellate advocacy. That is, regardless of how common some knowledge may be to the litigants at the trial level, the judges on appeal know only what the parties teach them about it.

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