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California Supreme Court

Jul. 14, 2020

Face mask fight fails at state high court

California Supreme Court declines to take up Alameda County judge’s face mask order.

The California Supreme Court declined to consider whether jurors should be required to keep face coverings on during voir dire, leaving trial courts to implement their own protocols.

Edward R. Hugo, who represents defendant Fryer-Knowles Inc. in an asbestos-related personal injury case, asked the high court to intervene after the 1st District Court of Appeal refused to lift a mask mandate in Alameda County Superior Court. Hugo said h...

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