CLAYTON, Mo. — St. Louis County joined Jackson County on Monday in appealing a Cole County Circuit Court judge’s decision that they could not challenge his ruling striking health regulations aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.
The move comes days after Judge Daniel Green on Dec. 22 denied requests by the counties to reopen the case, in which he ruled Nov. 22 that state and local COVID-19 regulations were “null and void.”
The decision, in a 2020 lawsuit by a St. Louis-area resident, a restaurant and a church challenging health regulations like occupancy limits, had led to school districts dropping mask mandates and counties lifting health restrictions.
