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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 116 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-001)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Bulletin 20-B-04 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-070)
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)
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division; Director Harold Thomas, NCDOT release, Mar. 16, 2020: Ferry Division 'strengthening procedures' until further notice: increased cleaning; employees required to wash hands regularly; passengers asked to remain in their vehicles for the voyage; CDC guidance posted; recital of the Governor's emergency declaration and school-closure and gathering order (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-046)
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 (Public Health), Travel Advisory, updated March 23, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-021)
GoTriangle, GoTriangle COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 8, 2020) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-070)
GoRaleigh (City of Raleigh Transportation Department), GoRaleigh Related COVID-19 Information (as of Mar. 31, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-072)
GoDurham (City of Durham transit), GoDurham COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 15, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-075)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-06 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NC-043)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 124 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-006)
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)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Extended Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-07 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. NC-069)
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)
North Carolina General Assembly, Session Law 2020-3 (COVID-19 Recovery Act), Part IV, s. 4.1 (Emergency Video Notarization) and s. 4.2 (Emergency Video Witnessing) (May 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-034)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 142 (May 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-012)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 142 (May 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-033)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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. 171 (Oct. 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-020)
CATS, CATS 'Covid Efforts' page (as of Nov. 9, 2020): face mask policy, modified schedules, rear-door exit, PPE (Ex. MET-CLT-074)
GoTriangle, GoTriangle COVID-19 Updates page (as of Dec. 22, 2020) (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-071)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 184 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-037)
Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard - The Encampment Site (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-028)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Declaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-044)
CATS, CATS 'COVID-19 and CATS' page (as of Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-073)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 206 (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. NC-038)
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 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)
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 Division of Employment Security, DES press release, 'North Carolina Reinstates Certain Unemployment Benefits Requirements' (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-081)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Termination of Face Covering Order (Feb. 18, 2022) (Ex. MET-CLT-046)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 267 (Aug. 15, 2022) (Ex. NC-063)
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)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, NCDOL Safety and Health Topic page, 'COVID-19' (labor.nc.gov/coronavirus): Hazard Overview, Solutions, Regulations ('Which standards apply?'), Learn More (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-014)
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)
