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Emergency application

Public school dispute

Judy A. Brannberg v. Jefferson County Public Schools

Denied
No. 25A111Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice GorsuchFrom Supreme Court of Colorado

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on September 5, 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 44 days after filing

What's being asked

Judy A. Brannberg asks the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court in a case involving Jefferson County Public Schools and others. The record does not explain what that ruling says or what the dispute is about.

What the Court did

The Court refused Brannberg’s request for a temporary pause and denied the application (turned it down). It did not decide who wins the underlying dispute, and it 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 302 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 44 days after filing.

What it means

The emergency decision addressed only a temporary pause; it did not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Colorado Supreme Court ruling remains in place. No related merits case is listed, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A111. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026