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Emergency application

Connie S. Main v. Rebecca L. Lundeen

Denied
No. 25A1355Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice BarrettFrom Supreme Court of Illinois

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on July 20, 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 49 days after filing

What's being asked

Connie S. Main, a private party, asks the U.S. Supreme Court to recall (withdraw) and temporarily pause the Illinois Supreme Court’s mandate (its formal order in the case). The docket names Rebecca L. Lundeen as the other party but does not explain what their dispute is about.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help (denied the application) and left the Illinois Supreme Court’s mandate in place. This order does not decide who should ultimately win the dispute, and the Court did not publish the justices’ votes.

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 287 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 30 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 49 days after filing.

What it means

The Illinois Supreme Court’s mandate remains in place; this emergency ruling does not settle the underlying dispute. No related Supreme Court case on the main legal question is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1355. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026