Efforts to slow the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic are complicating court proceedings across the country, including several high-profile environmental cases.
Federal judges have canceled oral arguments in a case involving the Flint water crisis, for example, along with a dispute over the Department of Transportation’s oversight role for oil pipelines.
A high-stakes court hearing involving the embattled Dakota Access pipeline, meanwhile, is set to take place by phone this week. And if the Supreme Court delays any April court dates—as it already has for March—a water dispute between Texas and New Mexico could get bumped from the calendar ...
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