| Ex. DUT-SC-020 | Whitlaw v. Kroger Co., 306 S.C. 51, 410 S.E.2d 251 (S.C. 1991) (heard Jan. 7, 1991; decided Oct. 14, 1991)Whether a private cause of action for damages may be instituted under S.C. Code Ann. §§ 61-9-40 and 61-9-410; the test for negligence per se… | Supreme Court of South Carolina (per curiam; certified question under Supreme Court Rule 46 from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina) | South CarolinaCourt | Oct. 14, 1991 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStanding dutyOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-046 | Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedings | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Mar. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-047 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten persons | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Apr. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-048 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations order | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Apr. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-050 | Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergency | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-049 | Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certification | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-051 | Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01)Right to wear PPE in county court facilities statewide; interference punishable as contempt | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | May 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-063 | Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouse | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-064 | Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)No circuit-court jury trials to commence after December 4, 2020 | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Dec. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-052 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01)Winter 2020-21 amended trial-court order: masks, fever screening, 113 square feet per person, jury trials only under approved plans | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Dec. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-065 | Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity (2021-01-06-01; as amended Jan. 8, 2021, 2021-01-08-01)All in-person proceedings statewide suspended from January 11, 2021 | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Jan. 6, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-053 | Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Feb. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-054 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever… | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | June 15, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-055 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01)Extension of the June 15, 2021 trial-court order to August 31, 2021 | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-040 | Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learning | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-056 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended August 27, 2021) (2021-08-27-01)Complete revision of the trial-court order; mitigation measures left to the Chief Justice; ninety-day term | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-041 | Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021)Proviso 1.108 upheld; Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 declared void insofar as they mandate masks in K-12 public schools | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Sept. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | 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. 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 | |