--- title: "The U.S. Supreme Court issues a one-day temporary stay, providing a brief respite in the Apple App Store fee rate dispute" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295733382.md" description: "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kagan issued a one-day temporary stay, freezing the proceedings of the antitrust lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games in the California District Court. This move aims to give the Supreme Court time to consider whether to approve Apple's long-term stay request. The temporary injunction will freeze the lawsuit until 5 PM on August 13, temporarily exempting Apple from submitting its App Store fee proposal" datetime: "2026-08-13T02:16:09.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295733382.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295733382.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295733382.md) --- # The U.S. Supreme Court issues a one-day temporary stay, providing a brief respite in the Apple App Store fee rate dispute According to Zhitong Finance APP, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan issued an administrative stay on August 12 (Wednesday) local time, temporarily freezing the proceedings of the long-standing antitrust lawsuit between Apple (AAPL.US) and Fortnite developer Epic Games in the California District Court. This move aims to allow the U.S. Supreme Court more time to consider whether to approve Apple's request for a long-term stay of the lower court's subsequent litigation proceedings. The temporary stay is only for one day, freezing the litigation proceedings until 5 PM Washington time on the 13th. Apple is temporarily exempt from submitting its App Store fee proposal to the California District Court by the originally scheduled deadline of the afternoon of the 12th. **Case Background and Controversy Focus** This multi-year antitrust dispute dates back to the lawsuit filed by Epic Games in 2020. At that time, Epic accused Apple's App Store of monopolistic behavior in violation of federal antitrust laws. The platform earns billions of dollars annually by charging developers a commission on digital sales. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California initially ruled that the App Store did not violate federal antitrust laws but did violate California law. Accordingly, she issued an injunction in 2021, ordering Apple to allow developers to direct consumers to cheaper online payment options. This ruling was subsequently upheld by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. In response, Apple allowed developers to direct users to web pages for transactions but imposed a new 27% commission on the resulting revenue. Epic then accused Apple of circumventing the 2021 injunction with this new fee. After a series of hearings, Judge Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple violated her previous ruling and ordered Apple to stop charging commissions on purchases made outside its software marketplace. The judge also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple was in contempt of court. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge Gonzalez Rogers' ruling on Apple's contempt of court but instructed the judge to consider that Apple should receive "appropriate" compensation for developers using its intellectual property—though it should not remain at the 27% level. The appellate court ordered Judge Gonzalez Rogers to hold further hearings to determine an appropriate rate. **Supreme Court Involvement and Apple's Emergency Application** After the federal appellate court upheld the contempt ruling, Apple sought a review from the U.S. Supreme Court. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Judge Gonzalez Rogers' contempt ruling against Apple. The case is expected to be heard in December, but the court has not yet set a specific date. On Wednesday, Apple submitted an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court. Apple argued that the district court's litigation proceedings should be paused during the Supreme Court's review of the case, as the justices' final ruling could render subsequent hearings moot. Apple contended that if the justices found defects in the previous contempt ruling, any further hearings regarding its commission rate would be unnecessary. It is noteworthy that Judge Gonzalez Rogers had already denied a similar stay application from Apple on Tuesday. 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