{"id":"MET-STL-093","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), Missouri","state":"MO","metro":"STL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media","authority":"RSMo § 67.265; Mo. R. Civ. P. 92.02","instrument":"Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)","title":"Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-08-20","effective":"2021-08-20","end":"Pending final judgment; County rescinded its mask rule Dec. 9, 2021 (post-period)","startDate":"2021-08-20","endDate":"2021-12-09","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["St. Louis County"],"clause":"[As reported:] Judge Ribaudo barred St. Louis County from enforcing County Executive Sam Page\u0027s mask mandate while litigation continues.... the state \u0027was likely to prevail in its argument that current law gives the council the authority to terminate the mask requirement\u0027... Ribaudo emphasized that \u0027the virus continues to be a very real and significant danger\u0027 and noted hospitals were \u0027near or at capacity\u0027 with ICU beds occupied by COVID patients.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["injunction history of the County Q3 2021 mask order"],"notes":"The City\u0027s mask order was not enjoined; press reports of Nov. 8 and Nov. 23, 2021 record mask requirements still in place in both the City and the County.","sourceUrl":"https://molawyersmedia.com/2021/08/20/judge-bars-st-louis-county-from-enforcing-mask-mandate/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":602810,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-STL","url":"/library/MET-STL-093","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-STL-093","citation":"Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-093)","stateName":"Missouri","related":["MET-STL-091"]}