Supreme Court Lawyers Brace for Uncertainty After Postponement

March 17, 2020, 3:49 PM UTC

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely postponed its upcoming March argument session amid coronavirus concerns, but arguments are still scheduled for next month despite the growing global pandemic.

For high court litigators set to argue in April, that means the show must go on—for now, anyway. But it’s clear that the potentially deadly virus has injected great uncertainty into the already-intense task of pressing a case before the justices.

One of the first lawyers set to argue next month says his preparation “has certainly been affected by the virus.”

Eugene Wedoff, a retired bankruptcy judge who now represents ...

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