Johnson & Johnson unit loses bid to stay in bankruptcy during Supreme Court appeal

March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Friday declined to delay the dismissal of a Johnson & Johnson company's bankruptcy, directing the bankruptcy to be dismissed despite a planned U.S. Supreme Court appeal that could revive the company's effort to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits over its talc products in bankruptcy. (Reporting by Dietrich Knauth; editing by Jonathan Oatis)