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Ex. MET-STL-093 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)

Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)

Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media · St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), Missouri (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
Court
Authority
RSMo § 67.265; Mo. R. Civ. P. 92.02
Issued
2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
Effective
2021-08-20
End
Pending final judgment; County rescinded its mask rule Dec. 9, 2021 (post-period) (read as 2021-12-09)
In force
Aug. 20, 2021 to Dec. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • St. Louis County
Functions reached
  • injunction history of the County Q3 2021 mask order
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

[As reported:] Judge Ribaudo barred St. Louis County from enforcing County Executive Sam Page's mask mandate while litigation continues.... the state 'was likely to prevail in its argument that current law gives the council the authority to terminate the mask requirement'... Ribaudo emphasized that 'the virus continues to be a very real and significant danger' and noted hospitals were 'near or at capacity' with ICU beds occupied by COVID patients.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

The City's 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.

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