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Monday, October 12, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Mask Mandate

An appeals court in Florida ruled against a group of Palm Beach County residents’ in their suit challenging the county’s Covid-19-related mask mandate. The residents claimed that the mandate “abridges the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment.”

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An appeals court in Florida ruled against a group of Palm Beach County residents in their suit challenging the county’s Covid-19-related mask mandate. The residents claimed that the mandate “abridges the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment.”

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Government, Health

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