US District Judge Aleta Trauger of the Middle District of Tennessee filed an injunction to temporarily halt the state from enforcing the anti-trans law.
The law, which would allow businesses to display signs stating whether they allow non-binary and trans individuals to use bathrooms that corresponds their identity, went into effect earlier this July.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit last month to challenge the law on behalf of business owners in Nashville and Chattanooga who allow customers to use their preferred restroom.
House Bill 1182 stated: “A public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open to the general public and that, as a matter of formal or informal policy, allows a member