{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "schmidt-argument-date",
    "section": 5,
    "title": "Schmidt appeal: argument tentatively set for Dec 8-11, with an unresolved conflict",
    "date": "Sept 8, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-09-08",
    "status": "partial",
    "checked": "3.28",
    "note": "Confirmed against the docket. The date itself is not settled; likely to move to January or March 2027.",
    "category": "court",
    "case": "schmidt",
    "body": "On Sept 8, 2026 the case was \"TENTATIVELY CALENDARED for oral argument during the December 8-11, 2026, argument session,\" with a Sept 15 deadline to flag conflicts. Plaintiffs-Appellants' lead counsel is unavailable Dec 8-9 but available Dec 10-11. Defendants-Appellees' counsel (Elaine Goldenberg) is unavailable all four days and states she is \"fully available during the Court's January and March sittings.\" No order resolving this had been entered as of Sept 23, 2026.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Fourth Circuit docket, No. 26-1227",
        "primary": true,
        "docket": "26-1227"
      },
      {
        "label": "UNC School of Government post, Sept 14, 2026"
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      "norfolk-va"
    ],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/schmidt-argument-date"
  }
}