Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session)

The record

Jurisdiction

Supreme Court of the United States

Level

Court

Authority

inherent authority; Sup. Ct. R. 27

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

the March and April 2020 sessions were heard by telephone in May 2020 (Ex. FED-294) (read as 2020-06-30)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public offices

Addressees

• parties and counsel in the March session cases
• the public and press

Functions reached

• CT the highest court in the country suspended in-person argument for the first time since 1918
• CS

Collection

Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

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