Emergency application
Terrorism victims’ lawsuits
Palestine Liberation Organization v. Mark I. Sokolow
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on August 3, 2026: 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
The Palestine Liberation Organization and other applicants ask the Court to pause a lower-court judgment. They argue Palestinian citizens could lose security, education, and other services. The application says the judgment came from the Southern District of New York. The docket lists the Second Circuit as the lower court, and the record does not say what the judgment decided.
What the Court did
Justice Sotomayor refused the requested temporary pause (denied the application). That emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying case. The Court did not publish how the justices voted, and the record includes no opinion explaining the denial.
What it means
The emergency ruling addressed only the request for a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying case. The case continues in the Second Circuit. No related case asking the Court to decide the main question 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. 26A141. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.