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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. TN-032	Executive Order No. 80An Order Amending Executive Order No. 77	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. TN-050	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering RequirementsOrder Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering Requirements	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	May 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-050	Executive Order No. 84An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools (parental opt-out)	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-036	Executive Order No. 84An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-051	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting BusinessOrder Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-076	Shelby County Health Order No. 25Health Order No. 25 (August 2021: countywide indoor mask requirement reimposed; Executive Order No. 84 treated as an exception for school…	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	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. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-067	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021)Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TN-038	Executive Order No. 89An Order Extending Executive Order 84	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-083	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction otherwise maintained	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-068	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate…	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)	Tennessee (Knox County)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-082	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson County pending trial	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-079	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 85, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 22, 2021)Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunction against enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 (Williamson County and Franklin SSD)	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin SSD)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-075	Shelby County Health Order No. 27Health Order No. 27 (effective October 27, 2021 until November 30, 2021; supersedes Health Order No. 26; school masks continue; indoor…	Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Oct. 27, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-040	Executive Order No. 91An Order Extending Executive Order 84	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 5, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-041	Executive Order No. 92An Order Terminating Executive Order No. 84, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 89 & 91, Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-066	Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077)An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated... relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 14)	Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-078	Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 80 (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. TN-032)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering Requirements (May 14, 2021) (Ex. TN-050)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-050)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. TN-036)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. TN-051)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 25 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-076)
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)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. TN-067)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 89 (Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. TN-038)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-083)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-082)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 85, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. TN-079)
Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director), Shelby County Health Order No. 27 (Oct. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-075)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 91 (Nov. 5, 2021) (Ex. TN-040)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 92 (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-041)
Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee, Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077) (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-066)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (Ex. MET-BNA-078)

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