No. 25A1207·Stay application·Filed by a private party·Presented to Justice Alito·From United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
What did the Court do?
The Court granted the request on May 14, 2026: the lower court's ruling is on hold while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito would have ruled the other way.
Filed · Ruled · 12 days after filing
What's being asked
A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Louisiana.
What the Court did
Application (25A1207) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The May 1, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, case No. 26–30203, is stayed pending disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Thomas dissents. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_new_3d9g.pdf'>Opinion</a>) Justice Alito dissents. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_new_3d9g.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
The order records the positions of 2 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Filing30 days
Days from filing to a ruling for 10 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response since January 1, 2025. The band is the middle half, the tick the median, and the mark this application: ruled 12 days after filing.
What it means
This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1207. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.