D.C. Circuit Panel Orders Parties To Brief As To Whether TSA Mask Rule Case Is Moot

Mealey's (August 12, 2022, 12:40 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In six largely identical cases brought by would-be airline passengers challenging the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) enforcement of the federal transportation mask mandate, a per curiam panel of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 11 ordered that the parties file supplemental briefs addressing whether the cases were moot in light of the expiration and recission of the TSA’s mask directives....