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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Steven Ward v. NYT Owner, LLC

Denied
No. 25A1204Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom District of Columbia Court of Appeals

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on June 8, 2026: 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 47 days after filing

What's being asked

Steven Ward, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The record does not say what the ruling addressed or what the dispute is about.

What the Court did

The Court refused Ward’s request for emergency help and denied (turned down) the application; this does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. 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 212 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 34 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 47 days after filing.

What it means

This ruling addresses only Ward’s request for a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling was not paused, but the record does not describe further proceedings there. No related Supreme Court merits case or argument date is listed.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1204. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026