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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. NM-025	Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3)In the Matter of the Safe and Effective Administration of the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Supreme Court of New Mexico	New MexicoCourt	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-045	Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-042 (amending Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1, 2 and 3)In the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols for the Safe and Effective Administration of…	Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.)	New MexicoCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FL-070	Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17, Amendment 1In re: COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols and Emergency Operational Measures for Florida Appellate and Trial Courts (Amendment 1)	Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida	Florida (all State courts)Court	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FL-069	Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17In re: COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols and Emergency Operational Measures for Florida Appellate and Trial Courts	Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida	Florida (all State courts)Court	June 4, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
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. ECO-C-069	Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Eighth Emergency Order (in force June 1-Aug. 1, 2021: remote participation; local health protocols; jury proceedings under approved…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NM-059	Supreme Court Order No. 21-8500-015 (amending PHE Protocols Nos. 1 and 2)In the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols	Supreme Court of New Mexico	New MexicoCourt	June 29, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068	Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-130	Administrative Order No. 2020-47Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency	Arizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel)	ArizonaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-131	Administrative Order No. 2020-79Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (June 1, 2020…	Arizona Supreme Court	ArizonaCourt	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-132	Administrative Order No. 2020-143Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations	Arizona Supreme Court	ArizonaCourt	Aug. 26, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-133	Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (nunc pro…	Arizona Supreme Court	ArizonaCourt	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-022	Press release postponing the March 2020 argument session (Mar. 16, 2020)Press Release: March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1) postponed; Building closed to the public	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	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. MET-DEN-065	Ninth Amended Administrative Order Regarding Court Operations Under COVID-19, 2020-01 A917th JD Ninth Amended CJO, Limited Court Operations, Effective November 23, 2020 Until Further Notice and Order	Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial District	Seventeenth Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield Counties), ColoradoCourt	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032	General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)Court	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-013	JWC 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 JerseyCourt	Oct. 18, 2021		Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-012	Local Administrative Order 2021-15Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase Three Forward; rescinds and replaces LAO 2021-08	Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)	Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)Court	June 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-024	Press release: oral arguments by telephone conference May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13, 2020 (Apr. 13, 2020)Press Release: telephone arguments in previously postponed cases; live audio to the public	Supreme Court of the United States	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072	Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020)Administrative Order 2020-02: Conducting Oral Arguments	Chief Judge Sharon Prost	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (all cases)Court	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026	Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6)Release announcing the second 30-day extension; court facilities to remain closed to the public at least through June 13, 2020; Court…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CO-056	Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State CourtsOrder Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts	Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado	ColoradoCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	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. 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. ECO-C-070	Misc. Docket No. 21-9079, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterFortieth Emergency Order (Aug. 1-Oct. 1, 2021: remote jury proceedings; juror technology access; local plans expire Sept. 1 unless…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	July 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Supreme Court of New Mexico, Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. NM-025)
Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.), Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-042 (amending Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1, 2 and 3) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NM-045)
Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17, Amendment 1 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. FL-070)
Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17 (June 4, 2021) (Ex. FL-069)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.), Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-020)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (May 26, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-069)
Supreme Court of New Mexico, Supreme Court Order No. 21-8500-015 (amending PHE Protocols Nos. 1 and 2) (June 29, 2021) (Ex. NM-059)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-068)
Arizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel), Administrative Order No. 2020-47 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-130)
Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-79 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-131)
Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-143 (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-132)
Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-197 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-133)
Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg), Press release postponing the March 2020 argument session (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-022)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting), In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772 (Ex. DUT-TX-021)
Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial District, Ninth Amended Administrative Order Regarding Court Operations Under COVID-19, 2020-01 A9 (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-065)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032)
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), JWC Fitness, LLC v. Murphy, No. A-0639-20 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 18, 2021) (approved for publication) (Ex. DUT-NJ-013)
Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO), Local Administrative Order 2021-15 (June 7, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-012)
Supreme Court of the United States, Press release: oral arguments by telephone conference May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13, 2020 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-024)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6) (May 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026)
Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado, Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. CO-056)
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)
Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020, 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) (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-VT-019)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (July 19, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-070)

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