District of Delaware Pushes Back Jury Trial Scheduled to Be Among First Since Shutdowns
A long-awaited intellectual property case involving the energy company Sunoco was one of the matters to be postponed indefinitely, as Chief Judge Leonard Stark said the continued bar on jury trials would be extended through the end of August as a safety precaution.
July 22, 2020 at 05:43 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Delaware Law Weekly
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware again postponed all jury trials last week, including what would have been one of the first to be held in person in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic limited court proceedings nationwide.
Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals LP's intellectual property case against energy companies Powder Springs Logistics LLC and Magellan Midstream Partners LP, which has been pending for almost three years, was scheduled to go to trial beginning Aug. 3, with a combination of in-person appearances and remote witnesses, but has been postponed indefinitely.
U.S. District Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the District of Delaware issued an order July 16 stating the decision to postpone federal jury trials in Delaware at least through the end of August was made as a safety precaution in an attempt to both minimize the large gatherings that jury selection would entail and cut down on travel for those involved in court matters.
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