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Ex. FED-290 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)

Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office) · Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Supreme Court of the United States
Level
Court
Authority
inherent authority over the Court's building; 40 U.S.C. § 6102
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12 4:30 p.m. (read as 2020-03-12)
End
the building remained closed to the public through 2021 (reopened to the public in 2022; post-period) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CS Washington tourism and visitor commerce
Collection
Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Enforcement

Supreme Court Police

Notes

Closure of the Court's building to the public on Mar. 12, 2020; the Mar. 16, 2020 release (Ex. FED-291) confirms that 'the building would be closed to the public.'

Retrieval note

The Mar. 12 release itself was not rendered (the site refused the fetch); the closure is confirmed by the Mar. 16, 2020 release read and saved as Ex. FED-291.

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