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)
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)
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)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Mecklenburg County Health Director, Order for Prohibiting Mass Gatherings (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-020)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. NC-050)
UNC System Interim President William L. Roper, UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-028)
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)
UNC System Interim President William L. Roper, UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-006)
North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports), an enterprise agency of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, NC Ports 'COVID-19 Business Continuity Plans' (updates of Mar. 20 and Mar. 24, 2020): all terminals on a normal schedule; Continuity of Operations Plan implemented: access to Maritime Buildings in Wilmington and Morehead City restricted to essential personnel only; security processes modified with the Coast Guard; social distancing, avoiding unnecessary travel, remote working encouraged (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-102)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-060)
Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-050)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-039)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-004)
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)
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)
North Carolina Department of Revenue (Secretary Ronald G. Penny; General Counsel Andrew Kasper), DOR letter of April 9, 2020 on essential business determinations under EO 121 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-029)
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)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 147 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. NC-013)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 151 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-014)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 155 (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-016)
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)
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)
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)
Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Mecklenburg County Department of Public Health, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (Oct. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-009)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 171 (Oct. 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-020)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 176 (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-021)
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. 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)
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)
Court of Appeals of North Carolina, Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., 2022-NCCOA-524, No. COA21-428 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 2, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-018)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., No. 280PA22 (N.C. Aug. 23, 2024), affirming 284 N.C. App. 665 (2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-017)
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)
