The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Tax Court
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- I.R.C. 7446; I.R.C. 7453
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Superseded by the full closure of Mar. 18, 2020 (011) (read as 2020-03-18)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- visitors
- litigants and counsel
- applicants for admission
- Functions reached
- CT courts
- CS client representation
- HR admissions to practice suspended
- CB clients
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS
Operative words
For the health and safety of Court employees and the public, the Court has determined that, effective immediately and until further notice, it is appropriate to close the Tax Court building to visitors. The Court will continue to receive and process mail. Petitions may be hand-delivered between the hours of 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM, Monday through Friday. No applications for admission to practice or requests for copies of documents will be processed. The following trial sessions will be canceled: April 6, 2020: Little Rock, AR; Niagara Falls, NY; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; April 8, 2020: Chicago, IL; April 13, 2020: Washington, DC; April 14, 2020: Philadelphia, PA; April 20, 2020: Atlanta, GA; Bismarck, ND; Chicago, IL; Clarksburg, WV; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Omaha, NE; San Francisco, CA; April 22, 2020: Aberdeen, SD; April 27, 2020: Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; San Diego, CA; Syracuse, NY; April 30, 2020: Albany, NY; Shreveport, LA.
Enforcement
Court order; building access denied
Notes
Every April 2020 trial session in the country cancelled.
Retrieval noteThe instrument with legal effect is the Administrative Order, standing order or general order it describes (for the Tax Court, the Administrative Orders of 2020-2021; for the Supreme Court, the Court's announcements and orders list). Retrieve and cite the order; keep the release as context).