{"id":"SC-040","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)","authority":"S.C. Const. art. V, § 5; Proviso 117.190, Act 94 of 2021","instrument":"Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053","title":"Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learning","dateIssued":"2021-08-17","effective":"2021-08-17 (submitted Aug. 11, 2021)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-08-17","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["University of South Carolina","Attorney General","public institutions of higher learning"],"clause":"The language of Proviso 117.190 is not ambiguous as to the point in question--whether the proviso prohibits a universal mask mandate. Nothing in the proviso manifests the General Assembly\u0027s intent to prohibit all mask mandates at public institutions of higher learning.... [we] declare Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate.","enforcement":"Declaratory relief; the University reinstated its campus mask requirement","functions":["IN instruction and campus operations of a State university","CP campus housing and dining","WF student and staff workforce","CB vendors and contractors on campus"],"notes":"Recites that USC announced a universal mask requirement July 30, 2021, withdrew it Aug. 3 after the Attorney General\u0027s Aug. 2 letter, and (per the Court\u0027s understanding) reimposed it after this decision.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sccourts.org/media/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/28053.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172111,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-040","citation":"Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SC-040)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-045","SC-041","SC-042"]}