United States of America: Supreme Court of the United States denied a partial stay application in lawsuit pertaining to alleged monopoly in Google Play's billing system

On 6 October 2025, the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case Google v Epic Games, referred the application for a partial stay to the full Court. On the same day, the Court issued an order denying the application. As a result, the permanent injunction affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit remains in place in favour of Epic Games, including provisions on catalogue access, app store distribution, and hyperlinking remedies. The application had been submitted on 24 September 2025, seeking suspension of the contested provisions of the injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California pending disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. On 26 September 2025, the Associate Justice ordered Epic Games to respond by 3 October 2025. On 1 October 2025, Former National Security Officials and Scholars and ACT, the App Association, filed amici curiae briefs in support of the applicants, followed on 2 October 2025 by a brief from the Committee for Justice. On 3 October 2025, Epic Games filed its opposition to the stay, while the International Center for Law and Economics filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the applicants.