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Emergency application

Public school dispute

Judy A. Brannberg v. Jefferson County Public Schools

Denied
No. 24A969Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice GorsuchFrom Supreme Court of Colorado

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 6, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 85 days after filing

What's being asked

Judy A. Brannberg and others ask the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by Colorado's Supreme Court. They are named in a case against Jefferson County Public Schools and others, but the record does not explain the dispute.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) the request to pause the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Barrett
  9. Jackson
The order does not say how any justice voted, as is usual on the emergency docket.
Half of 300 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 28 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 85 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary emergency decision does not decide who wins the underlying case; the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling was not put on hold. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and the application was not set for argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A969. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 3, 2026