{"id":"MET-STL-092","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), Missouri","state":"MO","metro":"STL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media","authority":"RSMo § 536.150; RSMo § 67.265 (HB 271)","instrument":"State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record)","title":"Legal cover: Schmitt takes novel approach in mask mandate challenge (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 16, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-07-26 (filing)","end":"Litigation continuing through Sept. 30, 2021 (Missouri Lawyers Media, Nov. 8, 2021: \u0027Litigation is ongoing\u0027)","startDate":"2021-07-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["St. Louis County, County Executive Sam Page and Acting DPH Director Faisal Khan","City of St. Louis"],"clause":"[As reported:] The suit invokes Missouri Administrative Procedure Act section 536.150... Schmitt also referenced newly enacted legislation requiring emergency orders restricting business access to \u0027automatically expire in 30 days\u0027 without governing body approval.... On July 27, 2021, the St. Louis County Council voted 5-2 to terminate the mask mandate issued July 26.... Judge Ribaudo\u0027s order [of Aug. 3] addressed only the \u0027narrow issue\u0027 of whether the Council\u0027s vote effectively terminated the mandate.... The City\u0027s separate mask order \u0027remains in effect\u0027 and was not affected by the county TRO. St. Louis sought severance and transfer to St. Louis Circuit Court, arguing its charter-based authority differs from the county\u0027s.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["injunction and preemption history"],"notes":"Fixes the caption and case number and the City\u0027s position that its Charter authority was independent of the County\u0027s.","sourceUrl":"https://molawyersmedia.com/2021/08/16/legal-cover-schmitt-takes-novel-approach-in-mask-mandate-challenge/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":512582,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-STL","url":"/library/MET-STL-092","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-STL-092","citation":"Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-092)","stateName":"Missouri","related":[]}