Public Health Authority
Case Updates
June 24, 2022
Case updates this week:
*Please note we plan to send a longer analysis of Dobbs v. Jackson next week*

Friday, June 17: A US District Court in Utah dismissed federal contractors’ complaint against Union Pacific Railroad Company for mandating the COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the federal contractor vaccine mandate.

Tuesday, June 21: The Texas Supreme Court requested briefings to be filed over the next two months in the fight over public health authority between Governor Greg Abbott and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.

Thursday, June 23: A Tennessee judge dismissed a lawsuit that Unmask Knox County Kids filed against the Knox County Board of Education alleging that the BOE’s mask mandate last year deprived students of their constitutional rights.  
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