Emergency application
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
A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit while the appeal continues. The case is Jose Duran, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Judgment Creditors of the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos v. United States.
What the Court did
Order entered by Justice Sotomayor: Upon further consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant and response filed thereto, it is ordered that stay heretofore issued by Justice Sotomayor on November 5, 2025, is hereby vacated. Give the Government's representation that it will not transfer the funds outside of the United States before the disposition of any petition for a writ of certiorari, the application for stay is denied.
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 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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.