TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 15, 2021

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw yesterday blocked a new law that would limit the ability of schools to enact mask mandates but set an expedited hearing on the issue for today, WPLN reports. At today’s hearing, Crenshaw declined to clarify whether his ruling applies only in the Middle District or statewide, causing confusion for several school districts, the Tennessean reports. He set the next hearing date for Friday. Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law last Friday, enacting more stringent conditions for requiring face coverings among students and staff. Immediately after the bill’s signing, families from Knox, Williamson and Shelby counties filed a lawsuit asking the courts to halt the law to protect the health of their disabled or medically vulnerable children.