Skip to content
The COVID Project

The Record

The Orders Library

13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

Double quotes make a phrase ("stay at home"). An exhibit ID (TX-004) opens its record first.

Results

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library
28 instruments · showing 1–25
Download
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerJurisdictionIssuedQuartersLimitationsGradeFile
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)National Conference of Bar ExaminersAll U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourtMay 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSY-045COVID-19 Order of the Civil District Court, February 11, 2021Civil District Court and First and Second City Court Amended Emergency Order (February 11, 2021)Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and the First and Second City CourtsCivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City CourtsCourtFeb. 11, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil DivisionConnecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)CourtFeb. 25, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-042News Release: Resumption of Jury TrialsResumption of Jury Trials (February 16, 2021)Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (Public Information Officer Marita C. Ford)Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtFeb. 16, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-055Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated March 8, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to May 31, 2021; court-by-court authorization of jury trials; remote July 2021 bar examVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtMar. 8, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-056Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 12, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to July 5, 2021; mandatory remote hearings end June 14, 2021Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtMay 12, 20212021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-065Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyFinal extension; expiry of the statewide judicial emergency at 11:59 P.M. June 30, 2021; jury and grand jury deadlines remain tolledChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtJune 7, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-043First and Second Amendments to the Mandatory Face Covering Order (June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021)Amended Mandatory Face Covering Orders of June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021 (face coverings for persons not fully vaccinated; masks in…Circuit Court of Fairfax CountyFairfax County, VirginiaCourtJune 10, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-289General Order 20-10 (court operations under COVID-19, March 2020) and its successors General Orders 20-11 through 20-30 (2020) and 21-11 (June 17, 2021)General Order 20-10: Court Operations (COVID-19), with successors (20-12 Grand Jury; 20-13, 20-15, 20-16, 20-17 Court Operations; 20-18…Chief Judge G. Murray SnowUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma)CourtJune 17, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-057Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated June 25, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to September 7, 2021; Court Administrator authority over screening, masks and distancing in Judiciary buildingsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-092State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record)Legal cover: Schmitt takes novel approach in mask mandate challenge (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 16, 2021)Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtJuly 26, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-052Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial CircuitChief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton CountyFulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-081State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021)Attorney General's suits to enjoin the Kansas City and Jackson County mask ordersMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants)Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri (16th Judicial Circuit)CourtAug. 3, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-091Temporary restraining order of Aug. 3, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)St. Louis mask mandate temporarily on hold; Kansas City sued (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 4, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (temporary restraining order), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 3, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-063Sacramento Superior Court 'Coronavirus (COVID-19)' page, General Orders & Notices list, as captured Aug. 6, 2021Sacramento Superior Court - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - General Orders & NoticesSuperior Court of California, County of SacramentoSacramento County, CaliforniaCourtAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-13-019Chrysafis v. Marks, 594 U.S. ___ (Aug. 12, 2021) (order granting injunction pending appeal as to Part A of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act)On Application for Injunctive ReliefSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (New York)CourtAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-093Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-082Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021Judgment holding SB 40's expedited-review provisions unconstitutional; stay pending appeal restoring SB 40Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)Kansas (Johnson County District Court; Kansas Supreme Court)CourtAug. 24, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-061Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to November 1, 2021; limited-entry courthouses with remote-only hearingsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-086G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby CountyUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)Tennessee (Shelby County)CourtSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-022Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (as archived Sept. 15, 2021)Federal court COVID-19 orders index, Q3 2021 snapshotAdministrative Office of the U.S. CourtsUnited States (all federal courts)CourtSept. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-059Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021In re: Judicial Emergency (Sept. 24, 2021)Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial DistrictFirst Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-04-06610-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)CourtAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-062Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated October 14, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to January 1, 2022; CFPB Regulation X foreclosure certification (Appendix C)Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtOct. 14, 2021Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

Counts are what The COVID Project has retrieved and indexed, not a count of every order that existed. Every exhibit ID resolves at covidproject.com/library/ID. Not legal advice.