The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Tex. R. App. P. 52.10; In re Newton, 146 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. 2004)
- Issued
- 2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-26
- End
- Lifted per docket ('Stay order issued August 26, 2021 is lifted'; date not captured) (read as 2021-08-26)
- In force
- Aug. 26, 2021 to Aug. 26, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- Court of Appeals for the Fourth District
- City of San Antonio and Bexar County
- Functions reached
- MASK preemption history, 2021 Q3
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
2.... 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's 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. That status quo should remain in place while the court of appeals, and potentially this Court, examine the parties' merits arguments.
Enforcement
Notes
The Supreme Court's own description of the Texas regime in August 2021: 'gubernatorial oversight of such decisions at both the state and local levels'
Retrieval noteFile slug says 'Harris'; the order concerns the San Antonio/Bexar appeal (No. 04-21-00342-CV).