| Ex. DUT-MA-020 | Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020)Decision holding that the Civil Defense Act authorized the Governor's March 10, 2020 declaration and the COVID-19 emergency orders, that the… | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.) | MassachusettsCourt | Dec. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MD-017 | Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 40 (D. Md. May 20, 2020) (refusing a preliminary injunction against the Governor's orders)Antietam Battlefield KOA, et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, et al., Memorandum (Civil Action No. CCB-20-1130) | United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.) | Maryland (United States District Court for the District of Maryland)Court | May 20, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-VT-020 | State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment)Attorney general settles with Rutland gym owner (VTDigger, Jan. 15, 2021) | State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021 | Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court | Jan. 15, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-AL-020 | Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211Barry Munza, Larry Lewis, and Debbie Mathis v. Kay Ivey, in her official capacity as Governor; Scott Harris, in his official capacity as… | Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.) | Alabama (Supreme Court of Alabama)Court | Mar. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty | 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-018 | Published opinion: Newsom v. Superior Court (Gallagher), No. C093006 (Cal. Ct. App. May 5, 2021), 63 Cal.App.5th 1099Newsom v. Superior Court of Sutter County (Gallagher, real parties in interest): the Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to issue… | California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District (Robie, J., with Hull and Mauro, JJ.) | CaliforniaCourt | May 5, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-KS-020 | Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part)Laura Kelly, Governor of the State of Kansas, v. Legislative Coordinating Council, et al. | Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam) | KansasCourt | Apr. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-TX-021 | In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas, et al. (petition for writ of mandamus; GA-09) | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting) | Texas (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)Court | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-AL-021 | Case v. Ivey, No. 2:20-cv-777-WKW, Doc. 54 (M.D. Ala. June 1, 2021) (Memorandum and Opinion Order)Jennifer Case, et al. v. Kay Ivey, in her individual capacity and official capacity as Governor of Alabama, et al. | United States District Court, M.D. Ala. (Watkins, J.) | Alabama (United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division)Court | June 1, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-NM-012 | Grisham v. Reeb, 2021-NMSC-006, 480 P.3d 852, No. S-1-SC-38336 (N.M. Nov. 5, 2020)Opinion holding that the Legislature empowered the Governor and Secretary of Health to enforce public health emergency orders restricting… | Supreme Court of New Mexico (Vigil, J., for a unanimous Court) | New MexicoCourt | Nov. 5, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-NM-013 | Lujan Grisham v. Romero, 2021-NMSC-009, 483 P.3d 545, No. S-1-SC-38396 (N.M. Feb. 15, 2021)Opinion holding that the Governor and Secretary of Health are authorized to restrict or close businesses when necessary for the protection… | Supreme Court of New Mexico | New MexicoCourt | Feb. 15, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MD-018 | Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 71 (D. Md. Nov. 18, 2020) (granting the motion to dismiss the amended complaint)Antietam Battlefield KOA, et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, et al., Memorandum (Civil Action No. CCB-20-1130) | United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.) | Maryland (United States District Court for the District of Maryland)Court | Nov. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-DE-012 | Opinion, In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Services, No. 354, 2023 (Del. Aug. 1, 2024) (affirming the Court of Chancery, C.A. No. 2021-1036, and the Superior Court, C.A. No. N23C-01-123)In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Services (Del. Aug. 1, 2024) | Supreme Court of Delaware (Seitz, C.J.; Valihura, Traynor, LeGrow and Griffiths, JJ., en banc) | DelawareCourt | Aug. 1, 2024 | | Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-GA-017 | Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss: negligence claims for a senior-living facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct… | Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps) | Georgia (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Third Division)Court | June 22, 2022 | | Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-VT-019 | State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. / Manovill v. State of Vermont, Scott and Donovan (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): decision granting the State's motion to dismiss the gym owner's constitutional and takings claims (19 pages, week of September 28, 2020)Judge tosses bid by Rutland gym owner to collect from state over Covid-19 closure (VTDigger, Sept. 30, 2020) | Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020 | Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding duty | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-AZ-019 | Published opinionMiller v. City of Scottsdale, No. 22-16004 (9th Cir. Dec. 8, 2023) | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (published opinion; Hurwitz, J., concurring) | United States (9th Cir.)Court | Dec. 8, 2023 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-VT-018 | State of Vermont v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division, filed May 15, 2020): complaint for preliminary injunction and civil penalties; temporary restraining order granted May 15, 2020Vermont AG files first Covid-19 non-compliance lawsuit against Rutland gym (VTDigger, May 15, 2020) | State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan (plaintiff); Rutland Superior Court (temporary restraining order); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), May 15, 2020 | Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)Court | May 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding duty | Confirmed from a secondary source | |