In which states has the court ordered pandemic payments to be reinstated? So far workers in three states have challenged through the courts their governor’s decision to unilaterally end enhanced unemployment benefits early. PATRICK T. FALLON AFP A judge in Indiana has placed an injunction on the state stopping the financial assistance ordering the reinstatement of payments. Last week workers in Maryland and Texas joined Indiana in taking their state's governor to court over the decision to end federal pandemic unemployment benefits. Starting in early May, Republican governors across the US announced that their states would no longer participate in the federal unemployment programs set up last year to help those laid off due to the pandemic.