RILEY DRIVE ENTERTAINMENT I v. REYNOLDS

No. 20-1510.

970 N.W.2d 289 (2022)

RILEY DRIVE ENTERTAINMENT I, INC. d/b/a Tonic Bar; Riley Drive Entertainment XVI, Inc. d/b/a Saints Pub + Patio Waukee; Cinderella Story, LLC d/b/a Shotgun Betty's; Kiss My Grits, LLC d/b/a The Irish; AGB, L.L.C. d/b/a Annie's Irish Pub; and W. West Investments, L.L.C. d/b/a Wellman's Pub & Rooftop, Appellants, v. Governor Kimberly K. REYNOLDS, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Iowa; and Iowa Department of Public Health, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy J. Mallory (argued) and Daniel P. Kresowik of Brick Gentry, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General, Tessa M. Register (argued), Heather L. Adams , and Samuel P. Langholz , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


I. Introduction.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in late August 2020, the Governor issued a public health disaster proclamation that temporarily required bars and taverns in six counties to close their doors. Six of those establishments filed this lawsuit, seeking an injunction that would block the Governor's order on...

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