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Ex. MET-BNA-080S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District JudgeKnox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)CourtOct. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…United States District Court for the Middle District of TennesseeWilliamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)CourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
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. TN-067R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021)Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson CountyUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)CourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-006Arizona School Boards Association, Inc. v. State of Arizona, No. CV2021-012741, Ruling re: Declaratory JudgmentRuling declaring void sections 12, 21 and 50 of HB 2898, sections 12 and 13 of SB 1824, section 2 of SB 1825 and SB 1819 in its entiretySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine CooperArizona (Maricopa County Superior Court; statewide effect)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. HI-069First Extension of Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152First Extension postponing all jury trials to dates after November 16, 2021 (Sept. 29, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtSept. 29, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-081Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021)Order denying the legislative leaders' motion for immediate stay of the preliminary injunction against Act 1002Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-042Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862 S.E.2d 920 (S.C. 2021)Provisos 1.108 and 1.103 held constitutional; proviso bars funded mask mandates but not mandates funded solely from federal or local fundsSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-070Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Oct. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtOct. 1, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. OR-054Chief Justice Order 21-039Order Imposing Vaccination RequirementChief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme CourtOregonCourtSept. 16, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
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. TX-065Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19Board announcement that the Workers' Compensation Board 'remains closed to the public' with hearings conducted only remotely (Virtual…New York State Workers' Compensation BoardNew York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)CourtOct. 4, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-053Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000358Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtOct. 8, 2021Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-008Administrative Order No. 2021-02Washington, D.C. Courthouse AccessChief Judge Maurice B. FoleyUnited States Tax Court (Washington, D.C. courthouse)CourtOct. 5, 2021Capacity limitCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-018Press release: Court Standards and Protocols to Protect Public Health; summary of D.C. courthouse protocols (Oct. 5, 2021)Press Release: health protocols and courthouse access for in-person proceedingsUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtOct. 5, 2021Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-083S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction otherwise maintainedHon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District JudgeKnox County, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.)CourtOct. 12, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. TN-068S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate…United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)Tennessee (Knox County)CourtOct. 12, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtOct. 19, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-013JWC Fitness, LLC v. Murphy, No. A-0639-20 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 18, 2021) (approved for publication)JWC Fitness, LLC v. Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al.: no statutory or constitutional compensation for the closure and…Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (published opinion, Docket No. A-0639-20; on appeal from the Law Division, Sussex County, L-0388-20)New JerseyCourtOct. 18, 2021Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-059Administrative Order No. 2020-06-13Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (access limitation of Aug. 23, 2021 lifted; face masks still required at all times…Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtOct. 8, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read