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Emergency application

Pausing an appeals court ruling

Robert Jones v. The Lamar Company LLC

Denied
No. 26A165Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice ThomasFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on August 17, 2026: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 21 days after filing

What's being asked

Robert Jones, a private party, asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit. The record does not explain the dispute between Jones and Lamar Company LLC and other parties or what the appeals court ruled.

What the Court did

Justice Thomas refused Jones's request to temporarily pause the Eleventh Circuit ruling, denying (turning down) the application. The Court did not publish how the justices voted. This emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Barrett
  9. Jackson
The order does not say how any justice voted, as is usual on the emergency docket.
Half of 252 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 30 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 21 days after filing.

What it means

The Eleventh Circuit ruling remains in effect because Justice Thomas refused the requested pause. The emergency ruling does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. No related Supreme Court case on the main legal question is listed, and no argument was set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A165. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026