O’Hanlon, Demerath, & Castillo is proud to announce that Nicholas Maddox, Sharesa Alexander, Eden Ramirez, and Kristi Godden have been elevated to Partners in our firm!
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JUST IN—Today, a Travis County judge granted our client school districts’ request for a temporary injunction. We are pleased with the careful consideration the Court gave to our arguments that Governor Abbott has overstepped his authority.
UPDATE:
State District Judge Catherine A. Mauzy granted @LaJoyaISD's request for a temporary injunction today.
It's a big win for the Rio Grande Valley school districts that sued Gov. @GregAbbott_TX for the right to make local decisions about face masks during the pandemic.
Good news on a Friday afternoon.
District court judge granted our school districts' request for a temporary injunction against Governor Abbott! #appellatetwitter
.@GovAbbott@KenPaxtonTX acknowledge in court they can’t enforce the state's ban on mask mandates — only district attorneys can. And the big urban ones won't #txlege
We look forward to presenting evidence in support of our school district clients at a temporary injunction hearing on Monday, and we are pleased that the temporary restraining orders remain in effect.
BREAKING – this evening, the Texas Supreme Court denied the Governor’s attempt to circumvent the judicial process and deny our clients their day in court in the Travis County lawsuit regarding Governor Abbott’s mask mandate ban.
BREAKING – this evening, the Texas Supreme Court denied the Governor’s attempt to circumvent the judicial process and deny our clients their day in court in the Travis County lawsuit regarding Governor Abbott’s mask mandate ban.
Today we hit the highest COVID hospitalizations in our region, ever. Meanwhile, children are being told to start school Monday without mask requirements or vaccines.
Schools shouldn’t have to go to war with states to protect kids.
I appreciate @JoeBiden stepping in.
Regardless of how you feel about the past week in Texas, it’s a reminder that the bottom of your ballot matters.
Judges and school boards are making some of the most important decisions in the state right now.
Today we issued two mandates. We strongly believe that the best path forward as a school district is to require face masks for students and staff, and to require staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Our focus is the health and safety of our staff, students, and community.
How did authority given to the governor to address a health emergency end up being used against local officials trying even harder to address the same health emergency?