Emergency application
New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Jeffrey Colt
What did the Court do?
The Court granted the request on September 19, 2025: the lower court's ruling is on hold while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the Court of Appeals of New York while the appeal continues. The case is New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Jeffrey Colt.
What the Court did
Application (25A287) for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is granted. The Court has already granted certiorari on the sovereign immunity issue decided below, and the pending damages trial before the Supreme Court of the State of New York would be barred if New Jersey Transit Corporation were entitled to sovereign immunity from suit. Respondents, on the other hand, identify no tangible irreparable harm they would face if the trial were delated until after this Court decides the pending case. The trial scheduled for September 15, 2025, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, is therefore stayed pending the issuance of the mandate of this Court in <i>NJ Transit Corp., et al.</i> v. <i>Colt, Jeffrey, et al.</i>, case No. 24-1113, and <i>Galette, Cedric</i> v. <i>NJ Transit Corp.</i>, case No. 24-1021.
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 Court of Appeals of New York.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A287. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.