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Shelby County [Memphis] files federal lawsuit over mask opt-out in schools
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/shelby-county-files-federal-lawsuit-over-mask-opt-out-in-schools/522-90155474-2392-417e-8ca9-c33ebe46c11aThe suit against Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee claims his executive order is unlawful.
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Another battle in the war against COVID-19 has heated up.
According to a report in The Daily Memphian, Shelby County filed a federal lawsuit Thursday over the mask opt-out option in Tennessee schools. The suit against Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee claims his executive order 84 is unlawful. That order gave parents the ability to opt their children out of the mask mandate from the Shelby County Health Department.
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