{"id":"FED-291","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Supreme Court of the United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)","authority":"inherent authority; Sup. Ct. R. 27","instrument":"Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session)","title":"Supreme Court postpones oral arguments scheduled for the March session","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"the March and April 2020 sessions were heard by telephone in May 2020 (Ex. FED-294)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["parties and counsel in the March session cases","the public and press"],"clause":"In keeping with public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19, the Supreme Court is postponing the oral arguments currently scheduled for the March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1).... The Court postponed scheduled arguments for October 1918 in response to the Spanish flu epidemic. The Court also shortened its argument calendars in August 1793 and August 1798 in response to yellow fever outbreaks.","enforcement":"order of the Court","functions":["CT the highest court in the country suspended in-person argument for the first time since 1918","CS"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_03-16-20","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":213577,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-291","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-291","citation":"Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-291)","stateName":"","related":["FED-294","FED-290","FED-293"]}