A federal appeals court has upheld a previous federal ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging Shawnee’s controversial “co-living ban.” On Monday, the Tenth District of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the September 2023 dismissal by the federal district court in Kansas City, Kansas, attesting that the city’s ordinance, which restricts how many unrelated people can live in a single-family home, violated their constitutional rights. The ruling means the city’s rule, which says no more than three unrelated people can live in the same dwelling, stands.
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