UPDATED: Judge upholds Montgomery County indoor dining shutdown, for now
Another court hearing likely to explore issue further By Dan Schere |
December 26, 2020
This story was updated at 11:55 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2020, to add additional comments from Judge James Bonifant, County Executive Marc Elrich, Marshall Weston and attorneys from each side in the case. It was updated again at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2020, to add comments from restaurateurs and medical experts who testified in the hearing.
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday night upheld the county’s ban on indoor dining during the COVID-19 pandemic rejecting a request by dozens of county restaurateurs to grant a temporary restraining order and injunction.