Emergency application
Collecting court judgments
Jose Duran, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Judgment Creditors of the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos v. United States
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on November 14, 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
Jose Duran, representing people owed money under judgments against Ferdinand Marcos's estate, asks the Court to temporarily pause the Second Circuit's mandate. The record does not explain the dispute behind that mandate. It mentions funds the government says it will not move abroad before a petition for Supreme Court review is decided.
What the Court did
The Court refused Duran's request for emergency help. Justice Sotomayor ended her earlier temporary pause (vacated the stay). The order notes the government's promise not to move the funds abroad before any Supreme Court review petition is decided; the Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
This temporary emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The Second Circuit's mandate is no longer paused, and the docket lists no related Supreme Court case or argument.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A515. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.