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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-PA-020	Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief)Friends of Danny DeVito, Kathy Gregory, B&J Laundry, LLC, Blueberry Hill Public Golf Course & Lounge, and Caledonia Land Co. v. Governor Tom…	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-012	Order Denying Plaintiff's Request for Preliminary Injunction, Lawrence v. Colorado, No. 1:20-cv-00862-DDD-SKC, ECF No. 19Order Denying Plaintiff's Request for Preliminary Injunction	Hon. Daniel D. Domenico, U.S. District Judge	Colorado (United States District Court for the District of Colorado)Court	Apr. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-014	SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212SH3 Health Consulting, LLC, et al. v. St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page, et al.: Memorandum and Order	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.)	Missouri (Eastern District of Missouri; St. Louis City and St. Louis County orders)Court	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	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. SEC-16-010	Roberts v. Neace, No. 20-5465, 958 F.3d 409 (per curiam)Order granting injunction pending appeal as to in-person worship	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	United States (Kentucky orders)Court	May 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-029	Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OAOpinion holding Emergency Order 28 unlawful and unenforceable	Supreme Court of Wisconsin	WisconsinCourt	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-017	Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 40 (D. Md. May 20, 2020) (refusing a preliminary injunction against the Governor's orders)Antietam Battlefield KOA, et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, et al., Memorandum (Civil Action No. CCB-20-1130)	United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.)	Maryland (United States District Court for the District of Maryland)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-031	Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736Opinion directing peremptory writ vacating the Baker County Circuit Court's preliminary injunction	Supreme Court of Oregon	OregonCourt	June 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-008	Spell v. Edwards, No. 20-30358, 962 F.3d 175Opinion dismissing appeal as moot	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	United States (Louisiana orders)Court	June 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-HI-015	Order Denying Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue, Carmichael v. Ige, Civil No. 20-00273 JAO-WRP, ECF No. 47 (D. Haw. July 2, 2020)Carmichael v. Ige, Order Denying Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Otake, J.	Hawaii (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii)Court	July 2, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-026	James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58 (Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OA) (decided June 11, 2021)Sara Lindsey James v. Janel Heinrich; Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Heinrich; St. Ambrose Academy v. Heinrich	Supreme Court of Wisconsin	Wisconsin (Dane County orders)Court	June 11, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-030	Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (WCRIS) v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 52, No. 2020AP1420-OAOpinion holding Dane County Emergency Order #9 (school closure) beyond the health officer's authority	Supreme Court of Wisconsin	Wisconsin (Dane County order)Court	June 11, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-018	Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 71 (D. Md. Nov. 18, 2020) (granting the motion to dismiss the amended complaint)Antietam Battlefield KOA, et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, et al., Memorandum (Civil Action No. CCB-20-1130)	United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.)	Maryland (United States District Court for the District of Maryland)Court	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-032	Commonwealth ex rel. Danville Christian Academy, Inc. v. Beshear, No. 20-6341, 981 F.3d 505Order granting stay of the preliminary injunction	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	United States (Kentucky orders)Court	Nov. 29, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006	In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266En banc decision suspending WCAB Rule 10789(c) (walk-through document assignment hours) in light of the Regional Stay At Home Order	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)Court	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Stay-at-homeCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-033	Monclova Christian Academy v. Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, No. 20-4300, 984 F.3d 477Order granting injunction pending appeal	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	United States (Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio order)Court	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-021	Case v. Ivey, No. 2:20-cv-777-WKW, Doc. 54 (M.D. Ala. June 1, 2021) (Memorandum and Opinion Order)Jennifer Case, et al. v. Kay Ivey, in her individual capacity and official capacity as Governor of Alabama, et al.	United States District Court, M.D. Ala. (Watkins, J.)	Alabama (United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division)Court	June 1, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. WI-023	James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58, Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OAOpinion holding local health officers lack statutory power to close schools; Dane County Emergency Order 9 vacated in part	Wisconsin Supreme Court (Rebecca Grassl Bradley, J.)	WisconsinCourt	June 11, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-015	Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685Lauren Hawse, et al. v. Sam Page, County Executive of St. Louis County, and Faisal Khan, Director of the St. Louis County Public Health…	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.)	Missouri (St. Louis County orders; Eighth Circuit)Court	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-005	Hester v. Phoenix Union High School District, No. CV2021-012160, Minute Entry (Ruling on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order)Douglas Hester v. Phoenix Union High School District, et al.; TRO denied	Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Randall H. Warner (minute entry); Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board (mask mandate)	Maricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court); Phoenix Union High School DistrictCourt	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	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-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. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-086	G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby County	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)	Tennessee (Shelby County)Court	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IA-057	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)	Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)Court	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.), Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-020)
Hon. Daniel D. Domenico, U.S. District Judge, Order Denying Plaintiff's Request for Preliminary Injunction, Lawrence v. Colorado, No. 1:20-cv-00862-DDD-SKC, ECF No. 19 (Apr. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CO-012)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Clark, J.), SH3 Health Consulting, LLC v. Page, No. 4:20-cv-00605-SRC, Doc. 27 (E.D. Mo. May 8, 2020) (Memorandum and Order denying temporary restraining order), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 1212 (Ex. DUT-MO-014)
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 Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Roberts v. Neace, No. 20-5465, 958 F.3d 409 (per curiam) (May 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-010)
Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OA (May 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-029)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.), Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 40 (D. Md. May 20, 2020) (refusing a preliminary injunction against the Governor's orders) (Ex. DUT-MD-017)
Supreme Court of Oregon, Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736 (June 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-031)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Spell v. Edwards, No. 20-30358, 962 F.3d 175 (June 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-008)
United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Otake, J, Order Denying Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue, Carmichael v. Ige, Civil No. 20-00273 JAO-WRP, ECF No. 47 (D. Haw. July 2, 2020) (Ex. DUT-HI-015)
Supreme Court of Wisconsin, James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58 (Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OA) (decided June 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-MKE-026)
Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (WCRIS) v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 52, No. 2020AP1420-OA (June 11, 2021) (Ex. SEC-16-030)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Blake, J.), Memorandum opinion, Antietam Battlefield KOA v. Hogan, No. 1:20-cv-01130-CCB, ECF No. 71 (D. Md. Nov. 18, 2020) (granting the motion to dismiss the amended complaint) (Ex. DUT-MD-018)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Commonwealth ex rel. Danville Christian Academy, Inc. v. Beshear, No. 20-6341, 981 F.3d 505 (Nov. 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-032)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Monclova Christian Academy v. Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, No. 20-4300, 984 F.3d 477 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-033)
United States District Court, M.D. Ala. (Watkins, J.), Case v. Ivey, No. 2:20-cv-777-WKW, Doc. 54 (M.D. Ala. June 1, 2021) (Memorandum and Opinion Order) (Ex. DUT-AL-021)
Wisconsin Supreme Court (Rebecca Grassl Bradley, J.), James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58, Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OA (June 11, 2021) (Ex. WI-023)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.), Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685 (Ex. DUT-MO-015)
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Randall H. Warner (minute entry); Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board (mask mandate), Hester v. Phoenix Union High School District, No. CV2021-012160, Minute Entry (Ruling on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order) (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHX-005)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SC-040)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. SC-041)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.), G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order) (Ex. TN-086)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.), Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32 (Ex. IA-057)

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