Court Opinion

ID: 9406658
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-02 14:07:41.298093+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:32.066197
License: Public Domain

Supreme Court of Texas
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                             No. 22-1056
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   Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas,
                              Petitioner,

                                   v.

                          Fort Bend County,
                              Respondent

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              On Petition for Review from the
       Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
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                            PER CURIAM

      This case concerns the division of power between the Governor
and local officials during the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Fort
Bend County sought and received a temporary injunction against
enforcement of a gubernatorial executive order that prohibited local
mask-wearing requirements.       The court of appeals affirmed the
temporary injunction, and the State petitioned for review.
      In light of our decision today in Abbott v. Harris County, 22-0124,
the petition for review is granted, the judgment of the court of appeals
is vacated, the temporary injunction is dissolved, and the case is
remanded for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Abbott
v. Harris County. See TEX. R. APP. P. 59.1.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 30, 2023

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