{"id":"TN-068","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee (Knox County)","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)","authority":"Fed. R. Civ. P. 65; Title II of the ADA","instrument":"S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)","title":"Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate; Governor enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Knox County","dateIssued":"2021-10-12","effective":"Oct. 12, 2021","end":"Modified Oct. 18, 2021 and later orders","startDate":"2021-10-12","endDate":"2021-10-18","quarters":[],"types":["SCH","MASK","CRT"],"addressees":["Governor Lee","Knox County Board of Education"],"clause":"why would a board of education bother acting to adopt a mask mandate when Governor Lee\u0027s executive order allows students not to comply with it? Governor Lee\u0027s executive order reduces any board of education\u0027s mask mandate to a mere paper tiger. Just consider the facts in a similar case, G.S. by and through Schwaigert v. Lee, ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021). In that case, the Shelby County Department of Health entered an order requiring \u0027all K-12, Pre-K schools, and Daycare facilities to require [masks]\u0027... Because his executive order forestalls Plaintiffs from pursuing an alleged reasonable accommodation under the ADA, the Court clearly has license to enjoin his executive order and is likely to do so.","enforcement":"Federal court injunction","functions":["post-period for Knox County (Oct. 12, 2021); the opinion\u0027s findings describe the Q3 2021 conditions: Knox County Schools \u0027on fire\u0027 with COVID-19, and the Shelby County Health Department\u0027s Aug. 2021 school and day-care mask order"],"notes":"Included for its recital of the Q3 2021 chain: EO 84 (Aug. 16), the Shelby County Health Department school and day-care mask directive, G.S. v. Lee (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021), and the Knox County Board\u0027s Sept. 1, 2021 vote against masks","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-tned-3_21-cv-00317/pdf/USCOURTS-tned-3_21-cv-00317-1.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":561528,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-068","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-068","citation":"United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-036","TN-086"]}