Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. v. Reynolds
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting the governor's request to dismiss this lawsuit challenging the Governor's August 2020 public health disaster proclamation that temporarily required taverns and bars in six counties to close, holding that this case was moot.
Six establishments brought this action seeking an injunction that would block the order of Governor Kimberly K. Reynolds, which was issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the grounds that it exceeded her statutory and constitutional authority. After the Governor rescinded her order, the district court granted the Governor's request to dismiss the lawsuit as moot. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that this case was moot and that no mootness exception applied.
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