Emergency application
Civil courts and religious rulings
Samuel Strulovitch v. Moshe Bain
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on September 29, 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
Samuel Strulovitch and two companies ask the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a New York court order while their appeal continues. The application says the order bars Strulovitch from taking civil or religious action before any tribunal except Westchester County Supreme Court. Strulovitch says the court also ordered him to ask religious leaders to retract a religious ruling he accepts. The case involves Moshe Bain and a rabbinical arbitration award.
What the Court did
The Court refused the requested temporary pause (stay) and denied the application (turned it down) without prejudice (so they may ask again). It said they may ask for help again, if needed, after using available options in state court. The Court did not publish how the justices voted, and the order does not decide the underlying dispute.
What it means
The Court's emergency ruling is temporary and only concerns whether to pause the state-court order; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The state-court process continues in the New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question, and no argument date is set.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A382. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.