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, 15A NCAC 18A.2650 (General - Adoption by Reference): the FDA Food Code incorporated by reference as the sanitation rule for food establishments (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-013)
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)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NC-049)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. NC-050)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-004)
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith, Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys urged to e-record (as archived April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. NC-051)
General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020, Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act (May 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-034)
General Assembly of North Carolina (S.L. 2020-3; S.B. 704), Session Law 2020-3, Part IV (Emergency Video Notarization) (May 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-010)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 141 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-011)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 142 (May 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-012)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-052)
General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified June 24, 2020; approved by Governor Roy Cooper July 2, 2020), Session Law 2020-89 (House Bill 118), An Act to Provide Limited Immunity from Liability for Claims Based on Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), enacting G.S. secs. 99E-70 to 99E-72 (COVID-19 Limited Immunity) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NC-006)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22) (July 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-053)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 163 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-017)
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)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 1, secs. 130A-1 to 130A-27, including sec. 130A-2 (definitions of 'imminent hazard', 'isolation authority', 'person', 'quarantine authority'), sec. 130A-17 (right of entry), sec. 130A-18 (injunction), sec. 130A-19 (abatement of public health nuisance), sec. 130A-20 (abatement of an imminent hazard), sec. 130A-23 (suspension and revocation of permits) and sec. 130A-25 (misdemeanor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-002)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 170 (Oct. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-019)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 171 (Oct. 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-020)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 183 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-036)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 188 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. NC-024)
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)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021) (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-055)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021) (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-056)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6) (June 18, 2021) (Ex. NC-071)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, 21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (June 21, 2021) (Ex. NC-057)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson), NCDOL OSH Division Memo COV 5A, 'Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)' (dated March 24, 2022, updating the Division's adoption of OSHA's memorandum of July 7, 2021, attached), with the attached federal memorandum (Mar. 24, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-015)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Commissioner of Labor), 13 NCAC 07F.0101 (General Industry), incorporating 29 C.F.R. Part 1910 by reference; amended effective July 21, 2021 as an emergency temporary standard (COVID-19 Healthcare ETS, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502-.509) and amended effective March 4, 2022 on the expiration of that standard (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-009)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson), NCDOL OSH Division Memo, 'Repeal - Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19' (March 30, 2022) (Mar. 30, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-016)
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. ch. 95, Article 16, secs. 95-126 to 95-160, including sec. 95-129 (Rights and duties of employers), sec. 95-131 (adoption of standards), sec. 95-138 (Civil penalties) and sec. 95-139 (Criminal penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-005)
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. 130A-248 (Regulation of food and lodging establishments) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-011)
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)
