| Ex. MN-055 | Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Oct. 18, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch | Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea | MinnesotaCourt | Oct. 18, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-111 | Does 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 Circuit | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine rule)Court | Oct. 19, 2021 | | Vaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BNA-082 | R.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 trial | United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Williamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)Court | Oct. 22, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TN-079 | R.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)Court | Oct. 22, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AK-062 | Special 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. Winfree | Alaska (statewide courts)Court | Oct. 28, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-ORL-045 | Administrative 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)Court | Oct. 25, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. VT-063 | Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated November 4, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to March 1, 2022; bar exam health protocols including vaccination proof | Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar) | VermontCourt | Nov. 4, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-RIV-048 | General Order No. 2021-36 Re: Rescission of Access to Remote-Only Proceedings OrderGeneral Order 2021-36 (filed November 9, 2021) | Presiding Judge | Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt | Nov. 9, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-RIV-047 | General 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, 2021 | Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt | Oct. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-074 | Opinion, 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 AntonioCourt | Nov. 10, 2021 | | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-066 | Forty-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 Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | TexasCourt | Nov. 10, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-TPA-054 | Administrative 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 Rondolino | Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Pasco and Pinellas Counties)Court | Nov. 10, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-300 | General Order 21-0033In re: Employee COVID-Vaccine Condition of Employment | Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote) | United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt | Sept. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-096 | Opinion, 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)Court | Nov. 22, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-067 | Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | TexasCourt | Nov. 23, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. PA-045 | Corman 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 - Opinion | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021 | PennsylvaniaCourt | Dec. 23, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-OK-019 | Ho 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) | OklahomaCourt | Dec. 14, 2021 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-CA-019 | Published 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 District | CaliforniaCourt | Dec. 21, 2021 | | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-STL-095 | Judgment 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 Independent | Cole County Circuit Court, Missouri (statewide effect on local health orders)Court | Nov. 22, 2021 | | Other | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FED-309 | Standing Order 21-11In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 | Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson | United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt | Dec. 29, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-RIV-049 | General Order No. 2021-41 Re: Restoration of Court Clerk's Office HoursGeneral Order 2021-41 (filed December 22, 2021; effective December 31, 2021) | Presiding Judge | Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt | Dec. 22, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NM-072 | Supreme 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 Mexico | New MexicoCourt | Jan. 4, 2022 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-060 | Abbott 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 County | Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas | Texas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)Court | Jan. 6, 2022 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DEN-071 | Index of Administrative Orders (updated January 21, 2022)Index of Administrative Orders, 20th Judicial District | Twentieth Judicial District | Twentieth Judicial District (Boulder County), ColoradoCourt | Jan. 21, 2022 | | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-043 | Disability 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)Court | Jan. 25, 2022 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |