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Sign up now to get the most recent coronavirus headlines and other important local and national news sent to your email inbox daily.Please subscribe to keep reading. You can cancel at any time.Loading&amp;hellp;{{title}}{{description}}{{banner}}(renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax){{tagline}}{{special_title}}{{html}}You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.© 2022 Lee EnterprisesShare ThisGroup drops lawsuit challenging Tulsa mask mandateShare thisA federal lawsuit challenging Tulsa’s mask mandate has been dismissed jointly by all parties.Terms of the dismissal with prejudice — meaning it can’t be refiled — call for both sides to pay their own attorney fees and costs associated with the case, which was filed in Tulsa federal court.However, the agreement permits the defendants to seek attorney fees and costs should any of the plaintiffs file another “action based on or including the same claim or claims as made in this action.”A group, led by local optometrist Robert Zoellner and ThriveTime radio show host Clay Clark, had named Mayor G.T. Bynum, Tulsa Health Department Executive Director Bruce Dart and the Tulsa City Council as defendants in the 33-page federal filing alleging that masks cause oxygen deprivation.The lawsuit was filed in August after the city of Tulsa enacted a mask mandate in July aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.Prior to the joint filing for dismissal, the city and other defendants had filed separate motions to dismiss the civil complaint.In its motion to dismiss, the city of Tulsa defended its mask mandate as permitted under state law.“Oklahoma state law allows for the enactment of this specific type of rationally related regulation to protect the health and safety of the public during a pandemic such as being presently experienced,” the city wrote in its dismissal motion, filed Dec. 28.Since the city of Tulsa approved its mask mandate, some other cities in the region have approved similar measures. One exception is the city of Broken Arrow, which as recently as this week turned away a mask mandate ordinance and a mask resolution.Gov. Kevin Stitt has refused to implement a statewide mask mandate, leaving the matter to local governments to decide.A local attorney identified in court records as representing the plaintiffs referred comment to a New York attorney, who also was named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The out-of-state attorney could not be reached for comment Friday.City officials also declined to comment on the dismissal.A spokesperson for Bynum did say, though, that the mayor this week signed an extension of the mask mandate approved by the City Council. The mandate, previously scheduled to expire Jan. 31, is now extended through April 30, the spokesperson said.Sign up now to get the most recent coronavirus headlines and other important local and national news sent to your email inbox daily.{{title}}{{summary}}You don't have any notifications.Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.Topics

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