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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. FED-298	Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021)In re: Amended Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court Operations	Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)	United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086	Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VA-042	Twenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 EmergencyTwenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Virginia	VirginiaCourt	Sept. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	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. 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. MET-PHL-059	Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021In re: Judicial Emergency (Sept. 24, 2021)	Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District	First Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourt	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-067	R.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 County	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095	Order 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)Court	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-006	Arizona 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 entirety	Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine Cooper	Arizona (Maricopa County Superior Court; statewide effect)Court	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. HI-069	First 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 Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-081	Hickey 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 1002	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054	Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-042	Richland 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 funds	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	South CarolinaCourt	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071	Misc. 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 Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. OR-054	Chief Justice Order 21-039Order Imposing Vaccination Requirement	Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court	OregonCourt	Sept. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-066	10-144 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)Court	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020	Board 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 Board	New York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)Court	Oct. 4, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035	General 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 County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Oct. 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts 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. 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. 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. WI-024	Becker 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 Court	WisconsinCourt	July 8, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-018	Snell v. Walz, No. A21-0626 (Minn. May 10, 2024), 6 N.W.3d 458Snell v. Walz (Snell II): the Emergency Management Act authorizes the declaration of a peacetime emergency in response to a pandemic; no…	Supreme Court of Minnesota (Moore, III, J.; Anderson, J., concurring; Procaccini, J., took no part)	MinnesotaCourt	May 10, 2024	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee), Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. FED-298)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118 (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-086)
Supreme Court of Virginia, Twenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. VA-042)
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)
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)
Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-059)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. TN-067)
Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell), Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-095)
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine Cooper, Arizona School Boards Association, Inc. v. State of Arizona, No. CV2021-012741, Ruling re: Declaratory Judgment (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHX-006)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, First Extension of Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152 (Sept. 29, 2021) (Ex. HI-069)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. AR-081)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-054)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862 S.E.2d 920 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. SC-042)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-071)
Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court, Chief Justice Order 21-039 (Sept. 16, 2021) (Ex. OR-054)
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description), 10-144 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) (Ex. SEC-04-066)
New York State Workers' Compensation Board, Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035)
Presiding Judge, implementing the Chief Justice's emergency order of October 12, 2021, General Order No. 2021-34, Thirtieth Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115 (Oct. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-047)
Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote), General Order 21-0033 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-300)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021, 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) (Ex. PA-045)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63, Nos. 2021AP1343 & 2021AP1382, ¶¶ 1-2 (July 8, 2022) (Ex. WI-024)
Supreme Court of Minnesota (Moore, III, J.; Anderson, J., concurring; Procaccini, J., took no part), Snell v. Walz, No. A21-0626 (Minn. May 10, 2024), 6 N.W.3d 458 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-018)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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