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Emergency application

Pausing a court ruling

Huguette Young v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County

Denied
No. 26A50Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KaganFrom Supreme Court of California

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 45 days after filing

What's being asked

Huguette Young asks the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Supreme Court of California. The record does not explain the underlying dispute or describe that ruling.

What the Court did

The Court refused emergency help and denied (turned down) Young’s request to temporarily pause the California Supreme Court ruling. The docket gives no explanation. The Court did not publish how the justices voted. The denial 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 273 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 29 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 45 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only a temporary pause; it does not decide who wins the underlying dispute. The California Supreme Court ruling is not paused. No related case asking the Court to decide the underlying dispute is listed, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A50. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026