Federal judge rules Texas mask ban violates rights of disabled

Published November 11, 2021 2:04pm ET



Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s mask ban violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel barred Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing the governor’s ban on mask mandates, granting declaratory and injunctive relief to the parents and students who filed the suit on the grounds that the ban “violates Plaintiffs’ rights under the ADA and Section 504 and is preempted by the ADA, Section 504, and the ARP Act.”

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