North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors, 10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-007)
North Carolina Commission for Public Health, 10A NCAC 41A.0101 (Reportable Diseases and Conditions), as amended by emergency rule effective February 17, 2020 (novel coronavirus infection), temporary rule effective April 24, 2020 and permanent rule effective July 1, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-008)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 116 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-001)
George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors, Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-008)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 118 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-003)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-067)
Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Mar. 18, 2020: visitors not allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries from 5:00 a.m. Mar. 19, 2020 under the Hyde County emergency declaration; visitor reservations cancelled and refunded; only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers may board; county law enforcement at terminals to check identification (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047)
Mecklenburg County, Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order - Frequently Asked Questions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-019)
Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director, Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-018)
Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions (Stay-at-Home Proclamation) dated March 26, 2020 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-051)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 121 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NC-005)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 121 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-011)
Wake County Board of Commissioners (minutes, regular meeting Apr. 20, 2020), Board of Commissioners meeting minutes recording the Chair's new proclamation extending the Stay-at-Home order to April 30, 2020 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-052)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 135 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-009)
Wake County Board of Commissioners (minutes, special work session Apr. 30, 2020), Board minutes recording expiration of the Stay-at-Home order on April 30, 2020 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-053)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-010)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-012)
Durham City Council (work session minutes, May 21, 2020), Minutes recording the Mayor's update: local Stay at Home Order extended through June 1, 2020; Safer at Home Order to follow; face coverings continue; outdoor gatherings limited to 10 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-063)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 141 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-011)
Orange County (media release quoting Chair Penny Rich and Health Director Quintana Stewart), Media release: Orange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face Coverings (June 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-030)
Chair George Dunlap; Mayor Vi Lyles; Mayor John Higdon (Matthews), in consultation with the Public Health Director, Amended Joint Proclamation (face coverings) (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-011)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Emergency Proclamation (prohibition of alcohol sales 11 p.m.-7 a.m.) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-043)
Chair George R. Dunlap; Mayor Vi Lyles; Mayors of Davidson, Matthews, Mint Hill (Deputy Town Manager) and Pineville; approved as to form by County Attorney Tyrone C. Wade, Second Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (restaurant, bar and alcohol restrictions) (July 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-022)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 153 (July 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-015)
Town Manager, Town of Mint Hill (for the Mayor), Amendment by the Town of Mint Hill to Subsection vi of the Second Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (Aug. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-013)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 162 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-035)
Stephen M. Schewel, Mayor of the City of Durham, Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Tenth Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated September 4, 2020 (Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-060)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 163 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-017)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-073)
Mayor Jack Edwards, Amendment by the Town of Pineville to Subsection VI of the Second Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-014)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 169 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-018)
Mayor Stephen M. Schewel, Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Eleventh Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated October 3, 2020 (Oct. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-061)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 170 (Oct. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-019)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 183 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-036)
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Dec. 16, 2020: six employees on the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route positive; six recovering under 14-day quarantine and eleven more quarantined; Pamlico Sound service reduced Dec. 22-28, 2020 to two round trips per leg; crews and passengers required to wear face coverings (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-053)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 188 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. NC-024)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive To Protect Mecklenburg County Residents From COVID-19 (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-005)
Gibbie Harris, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive (revision) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-012)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 189 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. NC-025)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Declaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-044)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 195 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-026)
Chair, Board of County Commissioners, Second and Revised Amended Proclamation (county website copy) (June 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-016)
Chair, Board of County Commissioners, in consultation with the Public Health Director and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Director, Second and Revised Amended Proclamation (adopting EO 215) (June 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-037)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)
Chair George Dunlap and Mayor Vi Lyles, in consultation with the Public Health Director and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Director, Third Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (mask mandate) (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-023)
Chair George Dunlap and Mayor Vi Lyles, Signed Third Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-024)
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Sept. 2, 2021: five Hatteras-route employees positive and isolating for at least 14 days; Hatteras-Ocracoke round trips reduced from 60 to 44 from Sept. 3, 2021 until normal schedules can safely resume; Currituck-Knotts Island suspended Sept. 4-6, 2021; employees and passengers required to wear face coverings inside vessels and terminal facilities regardless of vaccination status per CDC and TSA requirements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Termination of Face Covering Order (Feb. 18, 2022) (Ex. MET-CLT-046)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 267 (Aug. 15, 2022) (Ex. NC-063)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024) (Ex. DUT-NC-019)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-001)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.30 (Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-003)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-288.20A (Violation of emergency prohibitions and restrictions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-004)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-010)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-012)
