An Allegheny County judge will likely decide the fate of the Christopher Columbus statue in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park. Judge John T. McVay Jr. has set a virtual status conference on a lawsuit filed by the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, for 1 p.m. Thursday. The lawsuit seeks to halt the statue’s removal.

Four of five members of the Pittsburgh Art Commission voted Wednesday to remove the statue, its base and surrounding artwork and fill in a fountain in the area that’s part of the installation which has been in Schenley Park near Phipps Conservatory since 1958. One member was absent from the meeting.