{"id":"MET-STL-095","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Cole County Circuit Court, Missouri (statewide effect on local health orders)","state":"MO","metro":"STL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Circuit Judge Daniel Green (judgment of Nov. 22, 2021), as reported by the Missouri Independent","authority":"Mo. Const. art. II, § 1 (separation of powers); 19 CSR 20-20.040 and 20-20.050 (DHSS regulations)","instrument":"Judgment in Robinson et al. v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Cole County Cir. Ct. Nov. 22, 2021) (secondary-source record) [POST-PERIOD]","title":"Missouri judge: local COVID orders issued by health officials violated the Missouri Constitution (Missouri Independent, Nov. 23, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-11-22","effective":"Judgment final Dec. 22, 2021 absent appeal (post-period)","end":"Post-period","startDate":"2021-12-22","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["Missouri DHSS","local health authorities issuing orders under 19 CSR 20-20.040 and 20-20.050"],"clause":"[As reported:] Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green on Tuesday ruled that health orders designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 that were issued by local health departments violated the Missouri Constitution.... In an 18-page order, Green wrote that DHSS unconstitutionally granted too much power to individual local health officials and directors.... Green said all existing health orders issued unilaterally by local health authorities are \u0027null and void.\u0027... Mask requirements currently remain in place in St. Louis and St. Louis County.","enforcement":"Declaratory judgment; the Attorney General declined to appeal and sought compliance; St. Louis County rescinded its mask rule Dec. 9, 2021","functions":["post-period preemption history"],"notes":"Post-period. the judgment operated prospectively from Nov. 22, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://missouriindependent.com/2021/11/23/missouri-judge-local-covid-orders/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211124082115/https://missouriindependent.com/2021/11/23/missouri-judge-local-covid-orders/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":470893,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-STL","url":"/library/MET-STL-095","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-STL-095","citation":"Circuit Judge Daniel Green (judgment of Nov. 22, 2021), as reported by the Missouri Independent, Judgment in Robinson et al. v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Cole County Cir. Ct. Nov. 22, 2021) (secondary-source record) [POST-PERIOD] (Ex. MET-STL-095)","stateName":"Missouri","related":[]}