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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. NC-020	Executive Order No. 171Assisting North Carolinians at Risk of Eviction	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Oct. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NC-023	Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business Closures	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-054	Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22)Order Extending Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22 (Emergency Directive 1 reinstated; jury trials paused)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-036	Executive Order No. 183Authorizing Delivery and Carry-Out of Mixed Beverages; Curbside Pickup and Delivery of Health Care Goods and Services	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-024	Executive Order No. 188Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Jan. 6, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-025	Executive Order No. 189Further Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-044	Declaration of End of City COVID-19 OrdersDeclaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders, City of Raleigh, February 26, 2021	Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin	City of RaleighCity	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-026	Executive Order No. 195Lifting the Modified Stay at Home Order and Easing Certain COVID-19 Restrictions	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Feb. 24, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-055	Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021)Modification eliminating Emergency Directive 21 (face coverings)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	North CarolinaCourt	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-056	Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021)Order Extending Emergency Directives (Emergency Directives 3 and 5 and related tools)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	North CarolinaCourt	June 4, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-071	S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6)An Act to Make Various Changes and Technical Corrections to the Laws Governing the Administration of Justice (proceedings by audio and video…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState	June 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-057	21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief JusticeRevocation of the 7 June 2021 Order (no more Emergency Directives)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	North CarolinaCourt	June 21, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	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
Ex. DUT-NC-012	N.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 Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding duty	Primary source read

Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 171 (Oct. 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-020)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 183 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-036)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 188 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. NC-024)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 189 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. NC-025)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Declaration of End of City COVID-19 Orders (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-044)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 195 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-026)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021) (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-055)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021) (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-056)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6) (June 18, 2021) (Ex. NC-071)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, 21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (June 21, 2021) (Ex. NC-057)
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)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-012)

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