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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. MET-SDF-006	Temporary Restraining Order, On Fire Christian Center, Inc. v. Fischer, No. 3:20-cv-264-JRW (W.D. Ky. Apr. 11, 2020) (Doc. 6), reported at 453 F. Supp. 3d 901Temporary Restraining Order enjoining Louisville from enforcing any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire Christian Center	United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Walker, J.), documenting a prohibition issued by the Mayor of Louisville	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)Court	Apr. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-013	Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills: order refusing a temporary restraining order against the ten-person gathering limit as applied to worship	Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FL-014	Court decision: Henry v. DeSantis, No. 9:20-cv-80729-AHS, Doc. 9 (S.D. Fla. May 11, 2020), reported at 461 F. Supp. 3d 1244Order Denying Emergency Injunctive Relief and Dismissing Case with Prejudice	United States District Judge Raag Singhal	Florida (United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida)Court	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-014	Legacy Church, Inc. v. Kunkel, No. CIV 20-0327 JB/SCY, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 80 (D.N.M. July 13, 2020)Memorandum opinion denying a preliminary injunction against the Secretary of Health's public health orders and holding the orders neutral…	United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Browning, J.)	New Mexico (federal district court)Court	July 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-018	The Local Spot, Inc. v. Lee, No. 3:20-cv-00421, Doc. 59 (M.D. Tenn. July 14, 2020) (order refusing temporary restraining order)Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (bars and restaurants v. Governor Lee, Mayor Cooper and Chief Medical Director…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Richardson, J.)	Tennessee (Middle District of Tennessee; Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County)Court	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. SD-052	Order Regarding Court Proceedings During the Sturgis Motorcycle RallyOrder Regarding Court Proceedings During the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally	Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court August 5, 2020	Fourth Judicial Circuit (Meade and Lawrence County courthouses)Court	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-25-012	DiMartile v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-CV-0859 (GTS/CFH), Decision and Order granting a preliminary injunction (Doc. 20, Aug. 7, 2020)DiMartile v. Cuomo - Decision and Order on Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the 50-person limit on…	Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, N.D.N.Y.	New York (United States District Court for the Northern District of New York)Court	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. LA-075	4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50)Order and Reasons denying bar owners' motion to enjoin enforcement of Proclamations 89 and 96 JBE 2020 (on-site consumption ban at bars)	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.)	Louisiana (E.D. La.)Court	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-013	Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 1:20-cv-02710 (TNM), Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 43 (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2020), 496 F. Supp. 3d 284Memorandum Opinion granting a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the District's gathering restrictions as applied to the Church's…	United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)	District of ColumbiaCourt	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-019	Columbus Ale House, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-cv-04291-BMC, Doc. 20 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 16, 2020) (memorandum decision and order denying preliminary injunction against the midnight closing rule for New York City food service establishments)Memorandum Decision and Order, Columbus Ale House, Inc. d/b/a The Graham v. Andrew M. Cuomo	Hon. Brian M. Cogan, U.S.D.J.	New York (United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York)Court	Oct. 16, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-010	Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623Reversal of a temporary restraining order against Executive Order 2020-61; the IEMA Act plainly authorizes successive disaster…	Illinois Appellate Court, Second District (Justice Zenoff, with Justices Hutchinson and Brennan)	Illinois (Appellate Court, Second District)Court	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-001	Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, No. 20A87, 141 S. Ct. 63 (per curiam)Order granting application for injunctive relief	Supreme Court of the United States	United States (New York orders)Court	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-009	Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages)Federal decision holding that the Marion County health officer acted within the authority of Ind. Code 16-20-1-24 in closing and restricting…	Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind.	Indiana (United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, applying Indiana law)Court	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-014	Big Tyme Investments, L.L.C. v. Edwards, No. 20-30526 c/w No. 20-30537 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2021)Opinion affirming the district courts' refusal of preliminary injunctions against the Governor's bar-closure proclamations (89 JBE 2020 and…	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (published opinion)	Louisiana (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on appeal from the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana)Court	Jan. 13, 2021	2021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-007	South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20-56358, 985 F.3d 1128Opinion affirming denial of injunction against the Tier 1 prohibition and the singing ban	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	United States (California orders)Court	Jan. 22, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. CA-052	South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136 (Feb. 5, 2021) (order on application for injunctive relief)South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 592 U.S. ___ (2021)	Supreme Court of the United States	California (federal injunction against State orders)Court	Feb. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-004	South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136, 141 S. Ct. 716Order granting application in part	Supreme Court of the United States	United States (California orders)Court	Feb. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-020	Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, No. 7:21cv00135 (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 2021)	Thomas T. Cullen, United States District Judge	Virginia (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division)Court	Mar. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-011	Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021)Kristine Casey et al. v. Governor Ned Lamont	Supreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.)	Connecticut (Supreme Court of Connecticut)Court	Mar. 29, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-017	Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 20-1510 (Iowa Feb. 18, 2022) (amended Apr. 7, 2022)Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. d/b/a Tonic Bar, et al. v. Governor Kimberly K. Reynolds and Iowa Department of Public Health - opinion…	Supreme Court of Iowa (Mansfield, J., for a unanimous court)	IowaCourt	Feb. 18, 2022	2020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. OH-091	Highland Tavern, L.L.C. v. DeWine, 173 Ohio St.3d 59, 2023-Ohio-2577 (decided Aug. 1, 2023)Highland Tavern, L.L.C. v. DeWine	Supreme Court of Ohio	OhioCourt	Aug. 1, 2023		Alcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-019	North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024)Opinion: the Emergency Management Act 'grants the Governor the ability to impose significant restrictions or prohibitions on otherwise…	Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Aug. 22, 2025		Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam), Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part) (Ex. DUT-KS-020)
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Walker, J.), documenting a prohibition issued by the Mayor of Louisville, Temporary Restraining Order, On Fire Christian Center, Inc. v. Fischer, No. 3:20-cv-264-JRW (W.D. Ky. Apr. 11, 2020) (Doc. 6), reported at 453 F. Supp. 3d 901 (Ex. MET-SDF-006)
Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273 (Ex. DUT-ME-013)
United States District Judge Raag Singhal, Court decision: Henry v. DeSantis, No. 9:20-cv-80729-AHS, Doc. 9 (S.D. Fla. May 11, 2020), reported at 461 F. Supp. 3d 1244 (Ex. DUT-FL-014)
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Browning, J.), Legacy Church, Inc. v. Kunkel, No. CIV 20-0327 JB/SCY, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 80 (D.N.M. July 13, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-014)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Richardson, J.), The Local Spot, Inc. v. Lee, No. 3:20-cv-00421, Doc. 59 (M.D. Tenn. July 14, 2020) (order refusing temporary restraining order) (Ex. DUT-TN-018)
Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court August 5, 2020, Order Regarding Court Proceedings During the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. SD-052)
Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, N.D.N.Y, DiMartile v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-CV-0859 (GTS/CFH), Decision and Order granting a preliminary injunction (Doc. 20, Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-25-012)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.), 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50) (Ex. LA-075)
United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.), Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 1:20-cv-02710 (TNM), Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 43 (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2020), 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (Ex. DUT-DC-013)
Hon. Brian M. Cogan, U.S.D.J, Columbus Ale House, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-cv-04291-BMC, Doc. 20 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 16, 2020) (memorandum decision and order denying preliminary injunction against the midnight closing rule for New York City food service establishments) (Ex. DUT-NY-019)
Illinois Appellate Court, Second District (Justice Zenoff, with Justices Hutchinson and Brennan), Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-010)
Supreme Court of the United States, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, No. 20A87, 141 S. Ct. 63 (per curiam) (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-001)
Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind, Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages) (Ex. DUT-IN-009)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (published opinion), Big Tyme Investments, L.L.C. v. Edwards, No. 20-30526 c/w No. 20-30537 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2021) (Ex. DUT-LA-014)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20-56358, 985 F.3d 1128 (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. SEC-16-007)
Supreme Court of the United States, South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136 (Feb. 5, 2021) (order on application for injunctive relief) (Ex. CA-052)
Supreme Court of the United States, South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136, 141 S. Ct. 716 (Feb. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-16-004)
Thomas T. Cullen, United States District Judge, Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135 (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. DUT-VA-020)
Supreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.), Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021) (Ex. DUT-CT-011)
Supreme Court of Iowa (Mansfield, J., for a unanimous court), Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 20-1510 (Iowa Feb. 18, 2022) (amended Apr. 7, 2022) (Ex. DUT-IA-017)
Supreme Court of Ohio, Highland Tavern, L.L.C. v. DeWine, 173 Ohio St.3d 59, 2023-Ohio-2577 (decided Aug. 1, 2023) (Ex. OH-091)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024) (Ex. DUT-NC-019)

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