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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. 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. MET-CIN-027Press release: Expiration of Courthouse Mask Mandate (Feb. 24, 2022)Expiration of Courthouse Mask MandateHamilton County CourtsHamilton County, OhioCourtFeb. 24, 2022Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-070Public Notice re Face Coverings Not Required (March 4, 2022)Public Notice re Face Coverings Not RequiredSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtMar. 4, 2022Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-046Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 3, 2022 (rescinding remaining provisions of the statewide orders of March 23, March 30, April 29 and June 10, 2020)Rescission order that recites the chain of statewide emergency orders (Mar. 23, Mar. 30, Apr. 29 and June 10, 2020) authorizing superior…Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial CouncilJudicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide)CourtMar. 3, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-027Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63 (Nos. 2021AP1343 & 2021AP1382) (decided July 8, 2022)Jeffrey Becker, Andrea Klein and A Leap Above Dance, LLC v. Dane County, Janel Heinrich and Public Health of Madison & Dane CountySupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsin (Dane County orders)CourtJuly 8, 2022Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-024Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63, Nos. 2021AP1343 & 2021AP1382, ¶¶ 1-2Wis. Stat. § 252.03 authorizes local health officers to issue enforceable public health orders; Dane County Ordinance § 46.40 (civil…Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJuly 8, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-06-008Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. v. State Surgeon General, No. 21-12729 (11th Cir. Oct. 6, 2022) (published opinion)Opinion reversing the preliminary injunction against Florida's vaccine-documentation ban as applied to cruise linesEleventh Circuit (William Pryor, C.J.)United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Florida)CourtOct. 6, 2022Vaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WY-062Order Terminating COVID-19 Temporary and Emergency OrdersIn the Matter of the Termination of COVID-19 Related OrdersWyoming Supreme Court (Chief Justice Kate M. Fox)WyomingCourtJan. 23, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-097Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction)Supreme Court of Texas opinion in Abbott v. Jenkins (June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock)Texas (Supreme Court of Texas)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-061Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)Texas (Supreme Court)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-075Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079, vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079 (Tex. June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)Supreme Court of TexasCourtJune 30, 2023OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-076Opinion, Greg Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023), holding the Disaster Act authorized GA-38's prohibition of local mask requirementsAbbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.; Lehrmann, J., concurring)Supreme Court of TexasCourtJune 30, 2023OtherPrimary source read
Ex. OH-091Highland Tavern, L.L.C. v. DeWine, 173 Ohio St.3d 59, 2023-Ohio-2577 (decided Aug. 1, 2023)Highland Tavern, L.L.C. v. DeWineSupreme Court of OhioOhioCourtAug. 1, 2023Alcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021)Tenth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued (jury trials remained postponed)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court2021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source