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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MI-049	In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020)Opinion holding that the Governor lacked authority under the Emergency Management Act after April 30, 2020 and that the Emergency Powers of…	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Other	Primary source read
Ex. PA-104	Opinion, County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania, No. 20-2936 (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2021) (vacating the district court's judgment as moot)County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania - Precedential Opinion	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (precedential)	Pennsylvania (federal court of appeals, Third Circuit)Court	Aug. 11, 2021		Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensationBulletin implementing the Governor's suspension of the 10-day exposure-testing requirement for emergency responders' workers' compensation…	Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)Court	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.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 Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. PA-090	Opinion, County of Butler v. Wolf, No. 2:20-cv-00677-WSS, Doc. 79 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 14, 2020) (declaring the gathering limits, stay-at-home and business-closure components of the Governor's orders unconstitutional)County of Butler v. Wolf - Opinion (Document 79, 66 pages)	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Stickman, J.)	Pennsylvania (federal district court, W.D. Pa.)Court	Sept. 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-068	S.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)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issuesBulletin ceasing orders for designated-doctor examinations, suspending all scheduled RME, DD and referral examinations, tolling…	Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (State workers' compensation regulator and adjudicator; statewide)Court	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. IA-057	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)	Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)Court	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. IL-067	M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021)Residential eviction proceedings: certification form required with every eviction complaint; judicial review of every eviction filing until…	Supreme Court of Illinois	IllinoisCourt	Apr. 6, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. KY-032	Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780Opinion upholding the Governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration and orders under KRS ch. 39A	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	KentuckyCourt	Nov. 12, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.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 Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. VT-058	Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic MeasuresJudicial emergency continues after the Governor's order expired; mask policy; clerk windows; non-HVAC courthouses closed to in-person…	State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel	VermontCourt	June 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' CompensationBulletin announcing the Governor's suspension of specified Labor Code provisions and DWC rules (deadlines and in-person requirements) for…	Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)Court	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-062	Administrative Order 2020-PR-047Order Under 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill 102 and Governor's April 30, 2020, State of Disaster Emergency Declaration Suspending…	Chief Justice Marla Luckert	KansasCourt	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. KS-064	Administrative Order 2020-PR-058Order Under 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill 102 and Governor's May 26, 2020, State of Disaster Emergency Declaration Suspending…	Chief Justice Marla Luckert	KansasCourt	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-027	Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego, No. D078375 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 22, 2021), 60 Cal.App.5th 58 (certified for publication)Midway Venture LLC et al. v. County of San Diego et al.; Gavin Newsom, as Governor, etc., et al.	Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One	California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One (on appeal from the Superior Court of San Diego County, Joel R. Wohlfeil, J.)Court	Jan. 22, 2021	2021 Q1	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MI-053	Order of October 12, 2020 in In re Certified Questions, No. 161492Order denying the Governor's motion for a transition period and confirming the immediate effect of the October 2, 2020 opinion	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	Oct. 12, 2020	2020 Q4	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
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
Ex. MET-DFW-097	Opinion, 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)Court	June 30, 2023		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-069	In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TROIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0687 (stay order)	Supreme Court of Texas	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	Aug. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-071	In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)	Supreme Court of Texas	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. KY-055	Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021)Opinion affirming in part, reversing in part and remanding with instructions to dissolve the Franklin Circuit Court's temporary injunction…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the Court)	KentuckyCourt	Aug. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-004	Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387Order for Mediation (Gov. Brian P. Kemp v. Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms, Felicia Moore and the members of the Atlanta City Council)	Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton County	Fulton County, Georgia (Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit)Court	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read

Michigan Supreme Court, In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020) (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MI-049)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (precedential), Opinion, County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania, No. 20-2936 (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2021) (vacating the district court's judgment as moot) (Ex. PA-104)
Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensation (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.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) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Stickman, J.), Opinion, County of Butler v. Wolf, No. 2:20-cv-00677-WSS, Doc. 79 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 14, 2020) (declaring the gathering limits, stay-at-home and business-closure components of the Governor's orders unconstitutional) (Ex. PA-090)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)
Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issues (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.), Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32 (Ex. IA-057)
Supreme Court of Illinois, M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021) (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. IL-067)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780 (Ex. KY-032)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.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) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel, Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic Measures (June 18, 2021) (Ex. VT-058)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021) (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034)
Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' Compensation (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044)
Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Administrative Order 2020-PR-047 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. KS-062)
Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Administrative Order 2020-PR-058 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. KS-064)
Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One, Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego, No. D078375 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 22, 2021), 60 Cal.App.5th 58 (certified for publication) (Ex. MET-SAN-027)
Michigan Supreme Court, Order of October 12, 2020 in In re Certified Questions, No. 161492 (Oct. 12, 2020) (Ex. MI-053)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.), Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th 893 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2022) (Ex. SC-043)
Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock), Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-DFW-097)
Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TRO (Aug. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-069)
Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 order (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-071)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the Court), Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021) (Ex. KY-055)
Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton County, Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387 (July 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-004)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)

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