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- Jurisdiction
- Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky (W.D. Ky.) · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b); First Amendment; 42 U.S.C. 1983 (the underlying prohibition: Mayor's emergency powers under the local state of emergency)
- Issued
- 2020-04-11 Apr. 11, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-11 2:00 p.m. (read as 2020-04-11)
- End
- case settled Apr. 21, 2020 (Courier-Journal, Apr. 21, 2020); the Mayor's prohibition announced Apr. 7, 2020 was not enforced after Apr. 11, 2020 (read as 2020-04-21)
- In force
- Apr. 11, 2020 to Apr. 21, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capEvents and venues
- Addressees
- Mayor Greg Fischer and the City of Louisville
- churches holding drive-in services
- Functions reached
- WS worship services
- GATH events
- Collection
- Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF
Operative words
The Court ENJOINS Louisville from enforcing; attempting to enforce; threatening to enforce; or otherwise requiring compliance with any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire.
Enforcement
Notes
Documents the Mayor of Louisville's April 7, 2020 prohibition of drive-in worship services for Easter weekend (an order limiting group meetings for religious purposes) and its injunction four days later. The prohibition itself was an oral and press-release directive; no written order was retrieved.
Retrieval noteFull text read (20 pages). Ballotpedia's Kentucky page and contemporaneous press (WLKY, WHAS11, Washington Post, Apr. 11, 2020) confirm the Apr. 7, 2020 date of the Mayor's prohibition.