Emergency application
App store competition
Google LLC v. Epic Games, Inc.
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on October 6, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Google and its affiliates ask the Supreme Court to pause part of a permanent injunction (court order) while seeking Supreme Court review. The underlying case is an antitrust (competition) lawsuit involving Epic Games and Google's Play Store.
What the Court did
The Court refused a temporary pause of part of the injunction (denied Google's application for a partial stay). The injunction remains in place, but the order does not decide the underlying dispute. The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
This emergency ruling addresses only the temporary pause Google requested; it does not decide who wins the antitrust case. The Ninth Circuit's ruling and permanent injunction remain in place. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal questions, and no argument is set.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A354. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.