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Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order)

Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Dallas County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021

Supreme Court of Texas · Texas (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
Court
Authority
Tex. R. App. P. 52.10; In re Newton, 146 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. 2004)
Issued
2021-08-15 Aug. 15, 2021
Effective
2021-08-15
End
Lifted 2021-08-19 on the Governor's unopposed motion to dismiss (docket) (read as 2021-08-19)
In force
Aug. 15, 2021 to Aug. 19, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
  • 116th District Court of Dallas County
Functions reached
  • MASK preemption history for the DFW metro orders of Aug. 11, 2021
Collection
Texas TX

Operative words

1. Relator's emergency motion for temporary relief, filed August 13, 2021, is granted. The Temporary Restraining Order, dated August 10, 2021, in Cause No. DC-21-10101, styled Clay Jenkins, in his Official Capacity v. Greg Abbott... is stayed pending further order of this Court, except to the extent that it sets a hearing on plaintiffs' request for a temporary injunction.

Enforcement

Stay of the trial court's TRO that had enjoined GA-38's mask provision as applied to Dallas County

Notes

Part of the 2021 Q3 mask-order litigation: local mask mandates for schools and businesses issued Aug. 10-11, 2021 in Dallas, Bexar, Harris and other counties; the Supreme Court stayed the TROs on Aug. 15, 2021 and the Fourth Court of Appeals' order on Aug. 26, 2021, while TEA suspended enforcement of GA-38's mask provision

Retrieval note

Docket page read (search.txcourts.gov, No. 21-0686): stay issued Aug. 15, 2021; 'Stay Order issued August 15, 2021 is lifted' Aug. 19, 2021.