{"id":"MET-BNA-080","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)","state":"TN","metro":"BNA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge","authority":"Fed. R. Civ. P. 65; Americans with Disabilities Act; Rehabilitation Act § 504","instrument":"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)","title":"Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Knox County","dateIssued":"2021-10-12","effective":"2021-09-24 (original order, Doc. 35)","end":"Pending trial; Executive Order No. 84 later rescinded after the General Assembly\u0027s November 2021 legislation","startDate":"2021-09-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["Knox County Board of Education","Governor Bill Lee","students, employees and visitors of Knox County Schools"],"clause":"1. Plaintiffs\u0027 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\u0027s mask mandate.","enforcement":"Federal court order; monthly status reports on exemptions ordered","functions":["WF school employees masked","CB students and visitors masked","SUPPLY: school-facing vendors and contractors masked on premises"],"notes":"Recites the Knox County Board of Education\u0027s September 1, 2021 vote (5 to 4) against renewing the mask mandate, the Knox County Board of Health\u0027s August 11, 2021 recommendation of indoor masking, and (at 15-16) the Shelby County Department of Health\u0027s school masking order and Executive Order No. 84\u0027s effect on it as found in G.S. v. Lee.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-tned-3_21-cv-00317","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":561528,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BNA","url":"/library/MET-BNA-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BNA-080","citation":"Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, 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) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["MET-BNA-076","MET-BNA-077","MET-BNA-084","MET-BNA-083"]}