James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in downtown Philadelphia. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
A federal appeals court is weighing whether a legal challenge to some of Pennsylvania’s now-expired COVID-19 restrictions is moot, a question other courts have faced in similar pandemic-related litigation.
On Thursday, a panel for the U.S. court of Appeals for the Third Circuit questioned lawyers on whether a challenge to Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency measures implemented last spring should be dismissed, given the orders expired in May. A key issue for the panel is whether the government will reissue the restrictions as the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread.
