Mealey's (June 8, 2021, 12:49 PM EDT) -- AKRON, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on June 3, in response to a motion by a group of landlords and a national home builders’ association to clarify or amend his prior declaratory judgment that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order imposing a nationwide ban on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic exceeded the agency’s authority, amended the judgment to state that the judgment binds the parties and the members of the association, wherever they may be. The plaintiffs filed their motion after the CDC stated in a press release that the judge’s original decision applied only to the particular plaintiffs in the case....