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Ex. DUT-NC-019North 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 CarolinaNorth CarolinaCourtAug. 22, 2025Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00822 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions 'may endanger the life, health or safety of persons')Title 22, Chapter 562: Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and…Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program)MaineStateJan. 5, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-017KRS 39A.100Emergency powers of Governor and local chief executive officersKentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 39A)KentuckyStateApr. 3, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-05-020TABC Coronavirus Information page as of Sept. 26, 2026 (retired): 'This page is no longer in use because all waivers and exemptions related to the coronavirus have expired'; index of Governor's Waivers (Mar. 2020; Apr.-May 2020; June 2020-Mar. 2021)Coronavirus InformationTexas Alcoholic Beverage CommissionTexasSector regulatorSept. 26, 2026Alcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-008Statute: Government Code sections 8630-8634 (Emergency Services Act, Article 14, Local Emergency)Government Code sections 8630-8634: proclamation of a local emergency; power of the governing body of a political subdivision, or officials…California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)CaliforniaStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationCurfew and hoursStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021)Tenth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued (jury trials remained postponed)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court2021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021)Twelfth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court2021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court2021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-LA-009La. R.S. 14:329.6 (proclamation of state of emergency; conditions therefor; effect thereof)Local emergency orders under a gubernatorial proclamation: the chief law enforcement officer of the affected political subdivision may…Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Criminal Law)LouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-015Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7Local civil emergencies: officer's powers after proclamation (closing of retail liquor stores; discontinuance of sales; 'such other orders…Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empoweredMississippiState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-012N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency)Types of emergency prohibitions and restrictions authorized: movements of people; operation of offices and business establishments…General Assembly of North CarolinaNorth CarolinaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-011N.Y. Executive Law § 24 (local state of emergency; local emergency orders by chief executive)Local state of emergency; local emergency orders by chief executiveNew York State Legislature (Executive Law, article 2-B); powers exercised by the chief executive of every county, city, town and villageNew YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-086Order No. 25700-B-602Order regarding closure of the Temple of Justice / court operations (March 2020)Supreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourt2020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-287General Order No. 44 (entrance protocols; COVID-19)General Order 44: Entrance Protocols (Elbert P. Tuttle Courthouse)United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Atlanta)Court2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-062Chief Judge Order 020-08: Jury Call and Trial Procedures Plan (COVID-19)CJO 020-08 Chief Judge Order Jury Call and Trial Procedures Plan COVID-19 (August 2020)Presiding Judge, Denver County CourtDenver County Court, ColoradoCourt2020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-086Temporary Standing Orders Regarding DFPS Visitation (COVID-19)District courts' temporary standing orders on DFPS visitation during COVID-19 (Apr. 2020)Denton County District CourtsDenton County, TexasCourt2020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-099COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)Collin County Court SystemCollin County, TexasCourt2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-073Order Extending Stay of Residential Property Evictions; Third and Fourth Orders Extending Stay of Residential Property Ejectment, Eviction and/or Possession and Stay of Levy and Attachment of Personal Property (2020)Delaware County Court of Common Pleas eviction-stay orders (2020)President Judge Kevin F. KellyDelaware County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, 32nd Judicial District)Court2020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-090Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial DistrictChester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-049Jefferson County Clerk motor-vehicle and records offices closed (Mar. to July 2020)Jefferson County Clerk's motor-vehicle and records offices closed to the public from mid-March 2020; reopened July 2020Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie HolsclawJefferson County, KentuckyCounty2020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

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