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Apple dealt blow by Supreme Court in long-running antitrust feud against ‘Fortnite’ maker
Justice Elena Kagan, on behalf of the court, declined to pause a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that deemed Apple in contempt in the Epic lawsuit contesting App Store fees.
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[New York Post] Apple dealt blow by Supreme Court in long-running antitrust feud against ‘Fortnite’ maker Justice Elena Kagan, on behalf of the court, declined to pause a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that deemed Apple in contempt in the Epic lawsuit contesting App Store fees.
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Apple had sought the delay to give it time to file a full Supreme Court appeal of the 9th Circuit decision. The Supreme Court’s action means Apple will return to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, to quarrel over what commission the company can lawfully charge for certain app-related transactions.
Apple’s bid at the Supreme Court had been aimed at staving off returning to the trial court while it pursued its legal challenge before the justices. Advertisement Apple and Epic have clashed for years over the rules governing Apple’s App Store. The contempt ruling and the scope of Apple’s court-ordered obligations are the latest issues in the dispute to reach the Supreme Court.
Apple has said the 9th Circuit decision would affect how millions of app purchases are made. Epic Games won the contempt order last year as part of litigation it brought in 2020 seeking to loosen Apple’s control over transactions in applications that use the company’s iOS operating system and its restrictions on how apps are distributed to consumers.
Apple mostly defeated Epic’s lawsuit, but was required in a 2021 court injunction to let developers include links in their apps directing users to non-Apple payment methods. Apple allowed the links but adopted new restrictions, including a 27% commission on developers for purchases made on payment systems outside the App Store within seven days of clicking a link.
Apple charges developers a 30% commission for purchases within the App Store. Epic argued that the new 27% commission flouted the earlier injunction. In 2025, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found Apple in civil contempt for violating the injunction.
Advertisement The 9th Circuit in December upheld the judge’s contempt finding but allowed Apple to make new arguments about what commission it should be allowed to charge for digital goods bought in apps distributed through the App Store but paid for using third-party payment systems.
Apple has denied violating the judge’s order and has argued that the injunction should not be applied to millions of developers beyond Epic Games. “Regulators around the world are watching this case to determine what commission rate Apple may charge on covered purchases in huge markets outside the United States,” Apple told the Supreme Court in a filing.
” Apple's request to temporarily block a judicial order that found the iPhone maker in violation of sweeping court-mandated changes to its lucrative App Store was rejected. The antitrust lawsuit was filed by "Fortnite" maker Epic Games. REUTERS Apple mostly defeated Epic's lawsuit, but was required in a 2021 court injunction to let developers include links in their apps directing users to non-Apple payment methods.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, above. AP Apple has denied violating the judge's order and has argued that the injunction should not be applied to millions of developers beyond Epic Games.
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[@ABC] President Trump has asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his c... President Trump has asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to the writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit so he can pursue an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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[Fox News] Trump requests E Jean Carroll $83M judgment stay for pending Supreme Court action on presidential immunity President Trump's legal team requests a stay of the $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment pending Supreme Court review of immunity claims.
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[ABC News] Trump asks judges to pause E. Jean Carroll ruling so he can appeal case to SCOTUS President Trump has asked a court to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit so he can appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
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Trump asks judges to pause E. Jean Carroll ruling so he can appeal case to Supreme Court Carroll, in 2024, was awarded $83 million in damages for her defamation claims. By Aaron Katersky May 6, 2026, 11:31 AM President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to the writer E.
Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit so he can pursue an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. A jury awarded Carroll $83 million in damages in 2024 after she successfully argued that Trump defamed her with comments he made disputing her claim that he sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Related Appeals court won't rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined last week to re-hear Trump's claim of immunity and his attempt to substitute the United States as a defendant in Carroll's case.
" E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP If the stay is not granted, Trump's attorneys said he would suffer irreparable harm. Iran live updates: Trump threatens 'the bombing starts' if Iran doesn't make a deal 19 minutes ago Rudy Giuliani remains hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia: Spokesperson May 4, 12:09 PM Trump says US will guide ships out of Strait of Hormuz May 3, 9:04 PM The jury in 2024 found that, as a result of Trump's comments, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing. A separate jury in an earlier trial awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after holding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse.
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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 6 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump's lawyers are requesting a stay of the $83.3 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case while he seeks Supreme Court review on the grounds of presidential immunity, according to a new filing late Tuesday night.
The Trump request for a stay is unopposed by Carroll's legal team if Trump increases the bond by roughly $7.46 million to cover post-judgment interest on the original judgment that has been under appeal. "This Court should now stay the mandate to allow President Trump to present important questions relating to, without limitation, Presidential immunity and the Westfall Act to the Supreme Court," the filing from Trump's presidential lawyer Justin Smith read.
" FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS $83.3M E. JEAN CARROLL JUDGMENT AGAINST TRUMP The Supreme Court is set to review President Donald Trump's petition to consider the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case. (Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Alex Kent/Getty Images) The Westfall Act is a federal law that protects government employees from being personally sued for common law torts like negligence or defamation committed while they were doing their jobs.
Carroll originally sued for defamation in November 2019 during Trump's first term. Essentially, the referenced law acts as a legal "shield" by shifting the target of a lawsuit from an individual person to the United States government itself. The 24-page filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit signals Trump's intention to ask the Supreme Court to review where Trump is immune for this May 2023 judgment delivered as Trump was weighing another presidential primary run before 2024 and facing myriad legal cases under then-President Joe Biden.
SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP PETITION ON E JEAN CARROLL JUDGMENT President Donald Trump is making the case he is immune or not liable for E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million defamation case brought in November 2019 and the judgment brought down in May 2023.
(Getty Images) Trump’s lawyers argue there is a "reasonable probability" the Supreme Court will take the case and a "fair prospect" the justices will reverse the lower court. They point to a dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc in which three Second Circuit judges identified what Trump’s team describes as legal errors involving presidential immunity and the Westfall Act.
"Absent a stay, President Trump will suffer ongoing irreparable harm due to violation of his right to immunity from this defamation suit for his official statements as President of the United States of America," Smith argued, adding Trump may face proceedings to execute on the $83.3 million judgment before the Supreme Court has reviewed the case.
"President Trump respectfully asks the Court to stay the mandate until the Supreme Court’s final disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari," the filing stated. APPEALS COURT DEALS TRUMP BLOW IN CHALLENGE TO E JEAN CARROLL VERDICT "There is a 'fair prospect' that the Supreme Court will reverse the Panel’s erroneous decisions that Presidential immunity and the Westfall Act were both waived," Trump's lawyers continued.
" Video CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP The motion was filed Tuesday by Smith of the James Otis Law Group. Smith was nominated by Trump to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit in early March, and the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on his nomination April 15.
Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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Trump asks judges to pause E. Jean Carroll ruling so he can appeal case to Supreme Court Carroll, in 2024, was awarded $83 million in damages for her defamation claims. By Aaron Katersky May 6, 2026, 11:31 AM President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to the writer E.
Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit so he can pursue an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. A jury awarded Carroll $83 million in damages in 2024 after she successfully argued that Trump defamed her with comments he made disputing her claim that he sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Related Appeals court won't rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll verdict The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined last week to re-hear Trump's claim of immunity and his attempt to substitute the United States as a defendant in Carroll's case.
" E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared in court, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP If the stay is not granted, Trump's attorneys said he would suffer irreparable harm. Iran live updates: Trump threatens 'the bombing starts' if Iran doesn't make a deal 19 minutes ago Rudy Giuliani remains hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia: Spokesperson May 4, 12:09 PM Trump says US will guide ships out of Strait of Hormuz May 3, 9:04 PM The jury in 2024 found that, as a result of Trump's comments, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing. A separate jury in an earlier trial awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after holding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse.
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