Overview
- Apple filed the emergency stay request with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to pause the Ninth Circuit’s mandate that would send the case back to set a commission on off‑App Store purchases.
- Apple says it will petition to overturn a contempt finding and to limit the injunction’s reach to Epic alone rather than all U.S. developers.
- A stay would keep Apple’s current zero‑commission policy for link‑out web purchases in place while the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.
- Without a stay, the Northern District of California will resume hearings to pick a reasonable commission, following the appeals court’s ruling that Apple violated an order that bars it from blocking links to other payment options but may still collect some fee.
- Apple argues that moving ahead now would cause irreparable harm by forcing disclosure of confidential data and by litigating under a contempt label, and it says the outcome could shape app pricing rules watched by regulators beyond the United States.