Waldron v. Cooper suit show the case’s new emphasis. The case will focus exclusively now on challenging the governor’s authority to issue executive orders that shuttered some private bars completely for nearly a year.
Club 519 and owner Crystal Waldron filed suit against Cooper in December. At that time, the suit focused on Cooper’s executive orders that forced the Greenville bar to shut down last March. Multiple Cooper orders forced Club 519 and many other private bars to remain closed for almost a year, even as the governor allowed other types of bars across the state to reopen during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.