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No. 20A95 In the Supreme Court of the United States REV. KEVIN ROBINSON AND RABBI YISRAEL A. KNOPFLER, Applicants, v. PHILIP D. MURPHY, ET AL., Respondents. APPENDIX FOR RESPONDENTS – VOLUME I OF IV, PAGES 1-230 GURBIR S. GREWAL Attorney General of New Jersey JEREMY M. FEIGENBAUM* State Solicitor DANIEL M. VANNELLA Assistant Attorney General AUSTIN HILTON BRYAN EDWARD LUCAS JUSTINE LONGA ROBERT J. MCGUIRE STEPHANIE MERSCH JESSICA JANNETTI SAMPOLI MICHAEL R. SARNO Deputy Attorneys General Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex 25 Market Street, Trenton, NJ 08625 (609) 292-4925 [email protected] December 3, 2020 *Counsel of Record Counsel for Respondents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Michelle L. Holshue, et al., First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States, N. ENGL. J. MED. 382:929–36 (Mar. 5, 2020) ............ R.A. 1 Natasha Khan, New Virus Discovered by Chinese Scientists Investigating Pneumonia Outbreak, WALL STREET J. (Jan. 8, 2020) ........................................................ R.A. 17 Berkeley Lovelace, Jr. & William Feuer, CDC Confirms First Human-to- Human Transmission of Coronavirus in US, CNBC (Jan. 30, 2020) ......................................................................... R.A. 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC"), Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Frequently Asked Questions, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html (last visited May 26, 2020) ............................................................................................ R.A. 21 Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, Proclamation No. 9994, 85 Fed. Reg. 15337-38 (2020)................................................................................. R.A. 60 Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of Covid-19, Exec. Order No. 13909, 85 Fed. Reg. 16227 (2020) ................................................................ R.A. 64 CDC, How to Protect Yourself & Others, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent- getting-sick/prevention.html (last visited May 26, 2020) ............... R.A. 68 R.A. i TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) Camilla Rothe, et al., Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany, N. ENGL. J. MED. 382:970–71 (Mar. 5, 2020) .............................................................................................. R.A. 71 Lea Hamner, et al., CDC, High SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate Following Exposure at a Choir Practice—Skagit County, Washington, March 2020, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6919e6-H.pdf (last visited May 26, 2020) ....................................................................... R.A. 74 Allison James, et al., CDC, High COVID-19 Attack Rate among Attendees at Events at a Church, Arkansas, March 2020, MMWR, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6920e2-H.pdf (last visited May 26, 2020) ....................................................................... R.A. 80 Isaac Ghinai, et al., CDC, Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at Two Family Gatherings, Chicago, Illinois, February-March 2020, MMWR, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6915e1- H.pdf (last visited May 26, 2020) ..................................................... R.A. 85 Youjin Shin, et al., How a South Korean Church Helped Fuel the Spread of Coronavirus, WASH. POST (Mar. 25, 2020) ................................... R.A. 91 Anna Kim, Glenview Church Hit by COVID-19 Is Now Streaming Service Online, as Pastor Remembers Usher Who Died of Disease, CHICAGO TRIB. (Mar. 31, 2020) .................................................................................... R.A. 6 Chris Epp, "I Would Do Anything for a Do-Over": Calgary Church Hopes Others Learn from Their Tragic COVID-19 Experience, CTV NEWS (May 10, 2020) .......................................................................................... R.A. 111 R.A. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) Richard Read, A Choir Decided to Go Ahead with Rehearsal. Now Dozens of Members Have COVID-19 and Two Are Dead, L.A. TIMES (Mar. 29, 2020) ................................................................................................ R.A. 117 Maggie Holmes, Two People Die of COVID-19 as a Result of Church Gathering in KCK, KCTV NEWS5 (Apr. 8, 2020) .......................... R.A. 131 Bailey Loosmore & Mandy McLaren, Kentucky County "Hit Really, Really Hard" by Church Revival that Spread Deadly COVID-19, LOUISVILLE COURIER J. (Apr. 1, 2020) ............................................ R.A. 134 Mario Koran, California Megachurch Linked to Spread of More than 70 Coronavirus Cases, GUARDIAN (Apr. 3, 2020) ................................ R.A. 137 Dakin Andone & Artemis Moshtaghian, A Person Who Was Covid-19 Positive Attended a Church Service and Exposed 180 People, Officials Say, CNN (May 17, 2020) ............................................................... R.A. 142 Johns Hopkins Univ., COVID-19 Dashboard, https://coronavirus.jhu.edu /map.html (last visited May 27, 2020) ........................................... R.A. 147 CDC, Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Cases in the U.S., https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.ht ml (last visited May 27, 2020) ........................................................ R.A. 149 N.J. Dep't of Health, New Jersey COVID-19 Dashboard, https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/covid2019_dashboard.shtml (last visited May 27, 2020) ..................................................................... R.A. 156 R.A. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) Sheri Fink, Worst-Case Estimates for U.S. Coronavirus Deaths, N.Y. TIMES (Mar. 13, 2020) ..................................................................... R.A. 158 Ashley Balcerzak, Nearly All Businesses in NJ Are Closed. Why Are Liquor Stores Considered "Essential"?, MSN (Mar. 29, 2020) ..... R.A. 169 Press Releases, New Jersey Attorney General, Enforcement of COVID- 19 Restrictions (March 27, 2020; April 1, 2020; April 3, 2020; April 5-9, 2020; April 11, 2020; April 13, 2020; April 15-16, 2020; April 19, 2020; April 24, 2020; May 8, 2020; and May 22, 2020) ........................... R.A. 174 Carlie Porterfield, Church-Related Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported as Trump Pushes for Reopening, FORBES (May 23, 2020) ................. R.A. 231 Zeeshan Aleem, One German Church Service Resulted in More Than 100 Coronavirus Infections, VOX (May 24, 2020) ................................. R.A. 235 Transcript of the Oral Decision of the Hon. Robert B. Kugler, U.S.D.J., Dwelling Place Network v. Murphy, Civil Action No. 20-6281 (June 15, 2020)................................................................................ R.A. 240 CDC, Coronavirus Disease 2019 – About Masks, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about- face-coverings.html (last visited August 17, 2020) ....................... R.A. 329 Nathan W. Furukawa, et al., Evidence Supporting Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 While Presymptomatic or Asymptomatic, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2020; 26(7) (July 2020), https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-1595_article ......................................................................................................... R.A. 332 R.A. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) Seungjae Lee, et al., Clinical Course and Molecular Viral Shedding Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Community Treatment Center in the Republic of Korea, JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE (Aug. 6, 2020), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2769 235 ................................................................................................... R.A. 339 Kate Conger, et al., Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are Confronting Coronavirus Cases, N.Y. TIMES (July 10, 2020) ....... R.A. 346 Chacour Koop, "It Spread Like Wildfire." How One Man at Church with COVID-19 Led to 91 Cases in Ohio, KANSAS CITY STAR (Aug. 5, 2020) ......................................................................................................... R.A. 353 Taylor Stuck, Virus Outbreaks in Churches Continue, THE HERALD- DISPATCH (Aug. 15, 2020) ............................................................... R.A. 356 Mike Valente, Berea Church Suspends In-Person Services after COVID- 19 Outbreak, LEX 18 (Aug. 12, 2020) ............................................ R.A. 360 Payton Potter, Pastor Addresses Coronavirus Outbreak Linked To Windham Church, PATCH (Aug. 10, 2020) ..................................... R.A. 363 Jenna Rae, COVID-19 Outbreak at Athens Church, WAFF 48, (Aug. 10, 2020) ................................................................................................ R.A. 367 CDC, Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Cases in the U.S., https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.ht ml (last visited Aug. 17, 2020) ....................................................... R.A. 369 R.A. v TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) N.J. Dep't of Health, New Jersey COVID-19 Dashboard, https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/covid2019_dashboard.shtml (last visited Aug. 17, 2020) ..................................................................... R.A. 373 Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count, N.Y. TIMES, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html (last visited Aug. 17, 2020) ............................................................. R.A. 375 Madeline