Emergency application
State power over immigration
James Uthmeier, Attorney General of Florida v. Florida Immigrant Coalition
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on July 9, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Florida's attorney general and state attorneys ask the Supreme Court to pause a lower-court ruling while their appeal proceeds in the Eleventh Circuit. The dispute concerns Florida's SB 4-C, a state law challenged by the Florida Immigrant Coalition, a farmworker group, and two individuals. Florida officials argue federal law does not block the measure in every situation. They also argue it does not violate the Constitution's rule on interstate commerce.
What the Court did
The Court refused emergency help and denied the application (turned down the request for a temporary pause). The order gives no reason, and the Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
This emergency ruling concerns only a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The lower-court ruling is not paused while the appeal continues in the Eleventh Circuit. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal questions or argument date.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1269. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.