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Emergency application

Nickie Kane v. Brad Lander

Denied
No. 25A1386Stay 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 68 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 in a case against Brad Lander and others. The record does not say what that ruling concerns.

What the Court did

The Court refused Kane’s request for emergency help and denied the application (turned it down). The denial leaves the New York Court of Appeals ruling unpaused; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. 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 68 days after filing.

What it means

The denial refused a temporary pause, leaving the New York Court of Appeals ruling in place; it does not decide the underlying case. No related Supreme Court case is listed, and the application was not set for argument.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1386. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026