11th Circuit Declines To Find Appeal Of Florida Vaccine Documentation Ban Moot

Mealey's (January 18, 2023, 3:25 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — In an appeal by Florida of a preliminary injunction granted by a Florida federal court enjoining the state surgeon general from enforcing a statutory ban on businesses requiring customers to provide documentation of COVID-19 vaccination, a split panel of the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals denied a motion by a group of cruise ship lines to dismiss the appeal as moot, concluding that the cruise lines had not suspended their vaccination requirements and had continued to defend their right to equitable relief by requesting that the preliminary injunction be left intact....