{"id":"MET-SAT-071","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Supreme Court of Texas","state":"TX","metro":"SAT","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. R. App. P. 52.10; In re Newton, 146 S.W.3d 648, 651 (Tex. 2004)","instrument":"In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court\u0027s August 19, 2021 order","title":"In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)","dateIssued":"2021-08-26","effective":"2021-08-26","end":"Petition dismissed on joint motion September 15, 2023; stay lifted","startDate":"2021-08-26","endDate":"2023-09-15","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["City of San Antonio and Bexar County (real parties in interest); Fourth Court of Appeals"],"clause":"Relator\u0027s emergency motion for temporary relief, filed August 23, 2021, is granted. The order on Appellees\u0027 Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Order to Maintain Temporary Injunction in Effect Pending Disposition of Interlocutory Appeal... dated August 19, 2021, is stayed pending further order of this Court... This case, and others like it, are not about whether people should wear masks or whether the government should make them do it. Rather, these cases ask courts to determine which government officials have the legal authority to decide what the government\u0027s position on such questions will be. The status quo, for many months, has been gubernatorial oversight of such decisions at both the state and local levels.","enforcement":"","functions":["injunction history"],"notes":"From this date GA-38 was enforceable against the local mask instruments; the instruments themselves remained issued.","sourceUrl":"https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=f69537ef-cd47-46d7-a457-42f201955c6a\u0026coa=cossup\u0026DT=STAY%20ORDER%20ISSUED\u0026MediaID=46ddfec0-7bd9-455e-8521-9dcb86fb4b0e","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":109464,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SAT","url":"/library/MET-SAT-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SAT-071","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court\u0027s August 19, 2021 order (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-071)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-SAT-069"]}