Several Chinese citizens and a real estate brokerage are appealing a federal district judge’s decision not to issue a preliminary injunction against a new Florida law restricting people from China from owning property in the state.

The plaintiffs filed their appeal on Oct 2 in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the law, Senate Bill 264, is both disruptive and discriminatory. Defendants in the case include Wilton Simpson, the Florida commissioner of agriculture.

“It is currently wreaking havoc on the lives and plans of plaintiffs, four Chinese citizens who reside in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm that principally serves Chinese and Chinese-American clients,” the plaintiffs’ brief states. “The law is disrupting the individual plaintiffs’ purchases of homes, devastating Multi-Choice Realty’s business and roiling Florida’s real estate market, with some lenders now refusing to deal with any Chinese national in Florida.”