{"id":"TN-050","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Supreme Court","authority":"Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering Requirements","title":"Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering Requirements","dateIssued":"2021-05-14","effective":"Effective immediately (May 14, 2021)","end":"\u0027until further order of this Court\u0027 (in force through Q3 2021)","startDate":"2021-05-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","CAP","MASK"],"addressees":["all courts and courthouses"],"clause":"With the continued decline of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Tennessee and the ready availability of COVID-19 vaccines, see Executive Order 80, the Court hereby adopts the following provisions: 1) The requirement of six feet of distance between persons in the courtroom is modified to require three feet of distance between persons in the courtroom, effective immediately. 2) Courtroom capacity requirements are lifted, effective immediately. Judges retain the discretion to limit the number of people in a courtroom... 3) The order requiring all persons to wear facial coverings in the courthouse and courtroom is lifted, effective immediately... Unless otherwise noted herein, the provisions of this order shall remain in place until further order of this Court.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT three-foot courtroom distancing rule and judges\u0027 discretion to limit attendance in force July 1-Sept. 30, 2021; judicial state of emergency continuing"],"notes":"Q3 2021: the judicial emergency and the three-foot distancing rule remained; masks and capacity rules lifted","sourceUrl":"https://www.hamiltontn.gov/PDF/courts/TSC%20Covid-19%20Order%20filed%205-14-21.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210725081831/https://www.hamiltontn.gov/PDF/courts/TSC%20Covid-19%20Order%20filed%205-14-21.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":285704,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-050","citation":"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)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-085","TN-032","TN-049"]}