A small win in Florida...
Galen Wood, the owner of Kitchen Table Games in Pinellas Park. FL was cited multiple times for operating his "non-essential" business.
There's a decent historical write up of "“Non-Essential” Business Wins Huge Court Case Against State After Refusing To Close Doors To Public" from: https://politicodailynews.com/non-essential-business-wins-huge-court-case-against-state-after-refusing-to-close-doors-to-public/
Under Federal Law18 U.S. Code 242 Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law makes (https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law) "makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under "color of law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official's lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim."
See also: https://twitter.com/AnthonySabatini/status/1256349799319851010
Attorney General Bill Bar has also addressed this issue (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/william-barr-orders-legal-action-against-governors/) and here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDQS5wYqkFMtfw01_FfKmD3NhcUZLOWA/view
There's a decent historical write up of "“Non-Essential” Business Wins Huge Court Case Against State After Refusing To Close Doors To Public" from: https://politicodailynews.com/non-essential-business-wins-huge-court-case-against-state-after-refusing-to-close-doors-to-public/
Under Federal Law18 U.S. Code 242 Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law makes (https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law) "makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under "color of law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official's lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim."
See also: https://twitter.com/AnthonySabatini/status/1256349799319851010
Attorney General Bill Bar has also addressed this issue (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/william-barr-orders-legal-action-against-governors/) and here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDQS5wYqkFMtfw01_FfKmD3NhcUZLOWA/view
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