S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee) · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee

Level

Court

Authority

Fed. R. Civ. P. 65; Americans with Disabilities Act; Rehabilitation Act § 504

Issued

2021-10-12 Oct. 12, 2021

Effective

2021-09-24 (original order, Doc. 35) (read as 2021-09-24)

End

Pending trial; Executive Order No. 84 later rescinded after the General Assembly's November 2021 legislation (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 24, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• Knox County Board of Education
• Governor Bill Lee
• students, employees and visitors of Knox County Schools

Functions reached

• WF school employees masked
• CB students and visitors masked
• SUPPLY: school-facing vendors and contractors masked on premises

Collection

Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

1. Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction [Doc. 9] is GRANTED. 2. The Knox County Board of Education is hereby ENJOINED from enforcing its September 1, 2021 vote against a mask mandate in Knox County Schools. 3. The Knox County Board of Education is ORDERED to enforce--with immediate effect--the mask mandate that was in place in all Knox County Schools during the 2020-2021 school year, as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA for Plaintiffs and Class Plaintiffs. 4. Governor Lee is hereby ENJOINED from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Knox County or allowing parents in Knox County to opt out of the Knox County Board of Education's mask mandate.

Enforcement

Notes