{"id":"MET-MIA-058","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (Palm Beach County)","state":"FL","metro":"MIA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Fourth District Court of Appeal (Forst, J.)","authority":"Appeal of a non-final order of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Kastrenakes, J.), L.T. No. 50-2020-CA-006920","instrument":"Machovec v. Palm Beach County, No. 4D20-1765 (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 27, 2021)","title":"Affirmance of the denial of a temporary injunction against Palm Beach County Emergency Order 2020-012 (mask mandate); rational-basis review applies","dateIssued":"2021-01-27","effective":"2021-01-27","end":"n/a (decision)","startDate":"2021-01-27","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","OTHER"],"addressees":["appellants Machovec, Holme, Holme, Eade and Spreitzer; Palm Beach County"],"clause":"This emergency order (a/k/a \u0022mask mandate\u0022 or \u0022mask ordinance\u0022) was initially effective on June 25, 2020 and has since been extended seven times, most recently on January 19, 2021, covering a period that ends on February 19, 2021. EO-12 mandates that \u0022facial coverings\u0022 must be worn in Palm Beach County at businesses and establishments, public places, county and municipal government facilities, and while using public transportation.... Finding that Appellants\u0027 argument on appeal is not supported by the record nor legal authority and that there is support for the trial court\u0027s determination that Appellants failed to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits or that an injunction will serve the public interest, we affirm.... Requiring facial coverings in public settings is akin to [the motorcycle-helmet and seat-belt laws]... the trial court correctly applied the rational basis standard of review...","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["injunction history for the Palm Beach mask mandate"],"notes":"Alachua County appeared as amicus for the County","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":127582,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MIA","url":"/library/MET-MIA-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MIA-058","citation":"Fourth District Court of Appeal (Forst, J.), Machovec v. Palm Beach County, No. 4D20-1765 (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-MIA-058)","stateName":"Florida","related":[]}