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Ex. SEC-01-111Does 1-6 v. Mills, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Opinion describing and upholding Maine's Aug. 12, 2021 emergency rule requiring COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers (10-144 C.M.R.…First CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine rule)CourtOct. 19, 2021Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-082R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson County pending trialUnited States District Court for the Middle District of TennesseeWilliamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)CourtOct. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. TN-079R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 85, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 22, 2021)Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunction against enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 (Williamson County and Franklin SSD)United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin SSD)CourtOct. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-062Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8340Special Order 8340, Update regarding COVID-19 and Civil Jury Trials (suspension continued to January 10, 2022)Chief Justice Daniel E. WinfreeAlaska (statewide courts)CourtOct. 28, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-045Administrative Order No. 2020-06-14Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (mask requirement in court facilities discontinued)Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtOct. 25, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-063Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated November 4, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to March 1, 2022; bar exam health protocols including vaccination proofVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtNov. 4, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-048General Order No. 2021-36 Re: Rescission of Access to Remote-Only Proceedings OrderGeneral Order 2021-36 (filed November 9, 2021)Presiding JudgeSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtNov. 9, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-047General Order No. 2021-34, Thirtieth Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115General Order 2021-34 (October 2021)Presiding Judge, implementing the Chief Justice's emergency order of October 12, 2021Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtOct. 13, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-074Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, 648 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2021), affirming the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio, No. 04-21-00342-CV, Opinion (Delivered and Filed November 10, 2021)Fourth Court of Appeals (Martinez, C.J.; Chapa and Rios, JJ.)Fourth Court of Appeals, San AntonioCourtNov. 10, 2021OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-066Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure)Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 10, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-TPA-054Administrative Order No. 2021-045 PA/PI-CIRElimination of Face Mask and Distancing Requirements for Court Facilities in Conformity with the Florida Supreme Court Administrative Order…Chief Judge Anthony RondolinoSixth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Pasco and Pinellas Counties)CourtNov. 10, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-300General Order 21-0033In re: Employee COVID-Vaccine Condition of EmploymentExecutive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote)United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtSept. 20, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-096Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV, 665 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App.--Dallas Nov. 22, 2021) (Nowell, J.), vacated (Tex. June 30, 2023)Fifth Court of Appeals opinion (Nowell, J.) affirming the temporary injunction against GA-38 in favor of Dallas County (Nov. 22, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtNov. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-067Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 23, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-045Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2021) (opinion following the per curiam affirmance of Dec. 10, 2021)Corman v. Beam, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health - OpinionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021PennsylvaniaCourtDec. 23, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-019Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752Opinion reversing dismissal of a nurse's wrongful-discharge action: the Governor's COVID-19 emergency orders expressed established Oklahoma…Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court)OklahomaCourtDec. 14, 20212020 Q2Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-019Published opinion: See's Candies, Inc. v. Superior Court (Ek), No. B312241 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 21, 2021), 73 Cal.App.5th 66See's Candies, Inc. v. Superior Court: a wrongful-death action alleging that an employee contracted COVID-19 at work 'because of defendants'…California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate DistrictCaliforniaCourtDec. 21, 2021Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-095Judgment in Robinson et al. v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Cole County Cir. Ct. Nov. 22, 2021) (secondary-source record) [POST-PERIOD]Missouri judge: local COVID orders issued by health officials violated the Missouri Constitution (Missouri Independent, Nov. 23, 2021)Circuit Judge Daniel Green (judgment of Nov. 22, 2021), as reported by the Missouri IndependentCole County Circuit Court, Missouri (statewide effect on local health orders)CourtNov. 22, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-309Standing Order 21-11In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtDec. 29, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-049General Order No. 2021-41 Re: Restoration of Court Clerk's Office HoursGeneral Order 2021-41 (filed December 22, 2021; effective December 31, 2021)Presiding JudgeSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtDec. 22, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-072Supreme Court Order No. 22-8500-001In the Matter of the Lifting of the Stay of Writs of Restitution under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act and the Mobile Home Park Act…Supreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtJan. 4, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-060Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third District of TexasTexas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)CourtJan. 6, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-071Index of Administrative Orders (updated January 21, 2022)Index of Administrative Orders, 20th Judicial DistrictTwentieth Judicial DistrictTwentieth Judicial District (Boulder County), ColoradoCourtJan. 21, 2022OtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-043Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th 893 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2022)Vacating in part the D.S.C. preliminary injunction of September 28, 2021 against enforcement of Proviso 1.108 (as to the Governor and…United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.)South Carolina (federal)CourtJan. 25, 2022Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-017Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 20-1510 (Iowa Feb. 18, 2022) (amended Apr. 7, 2022)Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. d/b/a Tonic Bar, et al. v. Governor Kimberly K. Reynolds and Iowa Department of Public Health - opinion…Supreme Court of Iowa (Mansfield, J., for a unanimous court)IowaCourtFeb. 18, 20222020 Q32020 Q4Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOperating conditionPrimary source read