Bloomberg Law
March 16, 2020, 9:19 PM

Supreme Court Postpones Next Set of Arguments Amid Outbreak (3)

Greg Stohr
Greg Stohr
Bloomberg News

The U.S. Supreme Court postponed a two-week argument session that had been set to start next week, making a highly unusual calendar change as the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the country.

It’s the first time in decades, and perhaps a century, that the court has canceled a courtroom session because of a public-health scare.

The court had been set to hear arguments in 11 cases during the weeks of March 23 and March 30. Those cases include an $8 billion copyright clash between Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Oracle Corp., set for argument March 24.

The court was also ...

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