Oracle Appeal Hearing Canceled as Court Closed by Federal Troops

A hearing on the Pentagon’s face-off with Oracle Corp., which is challenging the terms of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded to Microsoft Corp., was canceled Friday by a U.S. appeals court that’s been closed because of federal troops outside its doors.

A new date will be scheduled, according to a notice on the website of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court, which is located on Lafayette Square near the White House, has been closed as federal troops shut the park against people protesting the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, ...