( July 21, 2026, 11:39 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal for lack of standing of a landlord’s putative class action that alleged constitutional violations against the city of Detroit for purportedly unlawfully conditioning COVID-19 emergency rental assistance on compliance with the city’s municipal code, finding that the lower court correctly held that the landlord lacked standing because he applied for funding under the state’s control “and the State’s voluntary choice to apply the City’s policies severed the causal chain” between the city and the landlord....