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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-022Release: Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Declares Judicial EmergencyRelease explaining the March 13, 2020 judicial emergency declaration and the standing orders of every Delaware courtDelaware Judiciary (State Court Administrator Gayle Lafferty), for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (Administrative Office of the Courts) (statewide)CourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021Order Declaring a Judicial EmergencyDeclaration of a statewide judicial emergency effective 8:00 a.m. March 16, 2020 for 30 days; trial courts authorized to continue all trials…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-001In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc, Misc. No. 260En banc decision temporarily suspending WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure statewide and recognizing the closure of DWC district offices…Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (State workers' compensation tribunal; statewide)CourtMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issuesBulletin ceasing orders for designated-doctor examinations, suspending all scheduled RME, DD and referral examinations, tolling…Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (State workers' compensation regulator and adjudicator; statewide)CourtMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-021In 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)CourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensationBulletin implementing the Governor's suspension of the 10-day exposure-testing requirement for emergency responders' workers' compensation…Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)CourtApr. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-025Release: Judicial Emergency and closure of all Delaware Court facilities to the public extended to May 14, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 4)Release announcing the first 30-day extension of the judicial emergency and of the closure of all court facilities to the public, to May 14…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtApr. 14, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026Release: 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 SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtMay 14, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-018State 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, 2020Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)CourtMay 15, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan)Third 30-day extension; Phase 1 reopening from June 8, 2020 and Phase 2 from June 15, 2020: courthouses open to the public with face…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-050Administrative Order No. 8: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFourth 30-day extension effective July 8, 2020; courts to remain in Phase 2; no entry into Phase 3 'until medical experts believe it is…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJuly 6, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-051Administrative Order No. 9: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFifth 30-day extension effective Aug. 7, 2020; Phase 2 continued; Phase 3 deferred citing 'new quarantine requirements by other states, and…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020Release announcing the jury-trial resumption plan (modified Phase 3 from October 2020; facilities to 75 percent capacity) and the extension…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1)Sixth 30-day extension effective Sept. 6, 2020; Phase 2 continued in September; modified Phase 3 from Oct. 5, 2020 with courthouses open to…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-019State 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, 2020Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)CourtSept. 30, 20202020 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial EmergencySeventh 30-day extension effective Oct. 6, 2020; Phase 3 commenced Oct. 5, 2020; audiovisual proceedings; Speedy Trial Guidelines tolled; AO…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtOct. 2, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-047State of Texas v. El Paso County, No. 08-20-00226-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Nov. 13, 2020) (corrected opinion) (reviewing El Paso County Emergency Order No. 13 of Oct. 29, 2020, extended by Order No. 14 to Dec. 1, 2020)Corrected Opinion: El Paso County Judge's business-closure and curfew order conflicts with GA-32 and is preemptedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.)Texas (El Paso County)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-055Administrative Order No. 12: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Nov. 4, 2020)Eighth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency (early November 2020)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtNov. 4, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtDec. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MA-020Desrosiers 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.)MassachusettsCourtDec. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AR-027In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per curiam, Mar. 4, 2021)Per curiam designating justice-system workers as Phase 1-B essential workers eligible for vaccinationSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtMar. 4, 20212021 Q1Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-CA-018Published 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.)CaliforniaCourtMay 5, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-011JL Properties Group B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305Affirmance of the circuit court's refusal of a preliminary injunction against the Governor's residential eviction moratoria; the special…Illinois Appellate Court, Third District (majority; Presiding Justice McDade specially concurring)Illinois (Appellate Court, Third District)CourtMay 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read