Verified Original Petition and Application for Temporary Restraining Order, Temporary Injunction, and Declaratory Judgment, City of San Antonio and Bexar County v. Greg Abbott, Cause No. 2021-CI-16133, with Exhibits 1 (GA-38), 2 (Declaration of Dr. Junda Woo), 3 (Declaration of City Manager Erik Walsh), 4 (Declaration of County Judge)

The record

Jurisdiction

45th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas · San Antonio · Texas

Level

Court

Authority

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 37; ultra vires; Tex. Const. art. I, sec. 28 (Suspension Clause) and art. II, sec. 1

Issued

2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021

Effective

TRO granted 2021-08-10; temporary injunction granted 2021-08-16 (read as 2021-08-10)

End

TRO stayed 2021-08-15 (Ex. 069); injunction superseded by appeal, reinstated 2021-08-19 (Ex. 070), stayed 2021-08-26 (Ex. 071), affirmed 2021-11-10 (Ex. 074), dissolved 2023-06-30 (Ex. 075) (read as 2021-08-15)

In force

Aug. 10, 2021 to Aug. 15, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Other

Addressees

• Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity

Functions reached

• record of the local authorities' August 2021 instruments and the conditions recited for them

Collection

San Antonio MET-SAT

Operative words

Plaintiffs the City of San Antonio and Bexar County pray that this Court issue a Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction prohibiting Defendant and all those acting in concert with him from enforcing Executive Order 38 to the extent it prohibits the City or County from adopting a mask mandate... [Woo Decl. para. 8:] Public school districts in Bexar County begin their semesters, in person, as early as August 9, 2021... [para. 9:] The number of City and County employees who have had to quarantine due to the delta variant has increased over the past few weeks, reaching levels near those at the height of the pandemic.

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