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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-OH-017	Court decisionEicher v. United States Steel Corp., 32 Ohio St.3d 248 (1987) (decided September 2, 1987)	Supreme Court of Ohio (per curiam; No. 86-1793)	OhioCourt	Sept. 2, 1987	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-013	Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Travis, 808 So. 2d 928 (Miss. 2002), No. 2000-IA-01074-SCT (Feb. 28, 2002)Employer's 'non-delegable duty to provide a reasonably safe place to work' (claims of ninety-nine employees arising from the employer's…	Supreme Court of Mississippi (Smith, P.J., for the Court)	MississippiCourt	Feb. 28, 2002	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-014	Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Armond, 866 So. 2d 1092 (Miss. 2004), No. 2003-IA-00398-SCT (Feb. 19, 2004)The Supreme Court's statement of its Travis holding: all the employees' claims 'arose out of ICR's policy of not warning or protecting its…	Supreme Court of Mississippi	MississippiCourt	Feb. 19, 2004	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-010	Peters v. Wady Industries, Inc., 489 S.W.3d 784 (Mo. banc 2016), No. SC94442, opinion issued June 7, 2016Curt Peters and Cheri Peters v. Wady Industries, Inc., and Patrick Terrio	Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc (Breckenridge, C.J.; Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concurring; Fischer, J., concurring in result; Wilson and Teitelman, JJ., in separate opinions)	MissouriCourt	June 7, 2016	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-014	Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. VT-049	Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)	VermontCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-048	Revised Order: Court Operations effective March 24, 2020Revised Order (Court Operations)	Harris County (Office of the County Engineer, for the courts)	Harris County, Texas (district and county courts)Court	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-050	Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020Court Operations During Covid-19: Judicial Orders and Information (Multnomah County Circuit Court)	Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge	Multnomah County Circuit Court (Fourth Judicial District), OregonCourt	July 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-063	Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masks	Supreme Court of Missouri	Missouri (all State courts)Court	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. MET-CIN-003	Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19In re: Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19	Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)	Hamilton County, OhioCourt	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-029	Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division	City of Cleveland, OhioCourt	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	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. 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. SD-048	Amended Standing Order CIV 20-4 Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha CountyStanding Order Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha County	Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.) April 14, 2020	Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha County)Court	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-050	Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergencies	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. AR-021	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom limit and face coverings	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. HI-035	Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending the Mar. 16 and Mar. 20 orders through May 29, 2020, expanding remote proceedings and restricting entry to judiciary…	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-041	Order, In re Public Notice of COVID-19 Related Courthouse-Entry Screening, CM 2020-48700Order directing courthouse-entry screening and posting of notice (effective April 27, 2020)	Circuit Court of Fairfax County	Fairfax County, VirginiaCourt	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-017	Order Extending the Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Extending the Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OK-051	Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36)Transition from shelter in place: jury trials rescheduled to after July 31, 2020; deadlines resume May 16; non-jury hearings may be set…	Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals	OklahomaCourt	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047	Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court FacilitiesFace coverings required for court staff, lawyers, litigants, jurors, contractors, vendors and all visitors in common and public areas of…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-044	Announcement: Effective immediately, a mask is required for entry into the courthouseMask required for courthouse entry; only parties to a case (and minor children) admitted	36th District Court (Detroit)	City of Detroit, Michigan (36th District Court)Court	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074	Order (filed May 4, 2020): Uniform Bar Examination rescheduled to Sept. 9-10, 2020 'pandemic-related conditions and restrictions permitting'; social distancing to limit seating; masks required; temperature and screening; priority registration for 2019-2020 graduatesOrder of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (May 4, 2020) regarding rescheduling the bar exam	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	District of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of AppealsCourt	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Ohio (per curiam; No. 86-1793), Court decision (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-017)
Supreme Court of Mississippi (Smith, P.J., for the Court), Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Travis, 808 So. 2d 928 (Miss. 2002), No. 2000-IA-01074-SCT (Feb. 28, 2002) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-013)
Supreme Court of Mississippi, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Armond, 866 So. 2d 1092 (Miss. 2004), No. 2003-IA-00398-SCT (Feb. 19, 2004) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-014)
Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc (Breckenridge, C.J.; Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concurring; Fischer, J., concurring in result; Wilson and Teitelman, JJ., in separate opinions), Peters v. Wady Industries, Inc., 489 S.W.3d 784 (Mo. banc 2016), No. SC94442, opinion issued June 7, 2016 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MO-010)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-014)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator), Administrative Order No. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-049)
Harris County (Office of the County Engineer, for the courts), Revised Order: Court Operations effective March 24, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-048)
Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge, Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-050)
Supreme Court of Missouri, Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MO-063)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01) (Ex. SC-047)
Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell), Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-003)
Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division, Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-029)
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)
Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.) April 14, 2020, Amended Standing Order CIV 20-4 Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha County (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. SD-048)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. VT-050)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01) (Ex. SC-048)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam) (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-021)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. HI-035)
Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Order, In re Public Notice of COVID-19 Related Courthouse-Entry Screening, CM 2020-48700 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-DCM-041)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Extending the Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-017)
Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36) (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. OK-051)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court Facilities (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047)
36th District Court (Detroit), Announcement: Effective immediately, a mask is required for entry into the courthouse (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-044)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Order (filed May 4, 2020): Uniform Bar Examination rescheduled to Sept. 9-10, 2020 'pandemic-related conditions and restrictions permitting'; social distancing to limit seating; masks required; temperature and screening; priority registration for 2019-2020 graduates (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074)

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