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Emergency application

Nickie Kane v. Seamus Campbell

Denied
No. 25A1385Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice SotomayorFrom Court of Appeals of New York

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 71 days after filing

What's being asked

Nickie Kane, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the New York Court of Appeals. The record does not say what that ruling or the underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Kane’s request for a temporary pause of the lower-court 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 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 71 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling concerns only a temporary pause and does not decide who wins the underlying case. The New York Court of Appeals ruling remains in place. The docket lists no related case, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1385. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026