Calif. Supreme Court Rejects OC Lawsuit To Block Mask Mandate In Schools

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

COSTA MESA (CBSLA) – The California Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Orange County Board of Education to block students from being required to wear masks in school.

The state’s high court on Wednesday rejected the request which was filed by board’s pro bono law firm back on Aug. 10, according to court records obtained Thursday.

O.C. Board of Education trustee Tim Shaw said critics of the board’s request “don’t quite understand that we were not arguing whether or not masks were a good idea or bad idea.”

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