TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 21, 2022

U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw this week denied the state's request for him to set aside his December order blocking a new law that generally bans school districts from implementing mask mandates. The state had asked Crenshaw to defer his decision while it pursues an appeal, the Tennessean reports. Crenshaw instead reaffirmed his initial injunction saying the state has not proven the harm in allowing school districts to make their own decisions. He also questioned the filing saying, the state’s motion reads more like a “motion for reconsideration than a motion to stay" and reminded the state that he provided a “detailed and reasoned basis” for each of his initial conclusions in a 50-page memo released along with the order.