| No. 24-1113 Vide 24-1021 |
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| Title: |
New Jersey Transit Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. Jeffrey Colt, et al. |
| Docketed: | April 28, 2025 |
| Linked with: | 24A797, 25A287 |
| Lower Ct: | Court of Appeals of New York |
| Case Numbers: | (72) |
| Decision Date: | November 25, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Feb 14 2025 | Application (24A797) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 23, 2025 to March 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Feb 21 2025 | Application (24A797) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 25, 2025. |
| Mar 12 2025 | Application (24A797) to extend further the time from March 25, 2025 to April 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. Written Request Proof of Service |
| Mar 21 2025 | Application (24A797) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until April 24, 2025. |
| Apr 24 2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2025) Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| May 27 2025 | Brief of respondents Jeffrey Colt, et al. in opposition filed. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Jun 10 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025. |
| Jun 10 2025 | Reply of petitioners New Jersey Transit Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Jul 03 2025 | Petition GRANTED and consolidated with No. 24-1021, limited to the following question: Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity purposes. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Jul 03 2025 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-1021. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-1021. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Sep 11 2025 | Application (25A287) for a stay, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service |
| Sep 12 2025 | Order entered by Justice Sotomayor: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 158309/2017, is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Sotomayor or of the Court. |
| Sep 12 2025 | Response to application from respondent Jeffrey Colt and Betsy Tsai filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Sep 12 2025 | Reply of applicant New Jersey Transit Corporation, NJ Transit Bus Operations, Inc., and Ana Hernandez filed. Reply Proof of Service |
| Sep 19 2025 | Application (25A287) referred to the Court. |
| Sep 19 2025 | Application (25A287) for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is granted. The Court has already granted certiorari on the sovereign immunity issue decided below, and the pending damages trial before the Supreme Court of the State of New York would be barred if New Jersey Transit Corporation were entitled to sovereign immunity from suit. Respondents, on the other hand, identify no tangible irreparable harm they would face if the trial were delated until after this Court decides the pending case. The trial scheduled for September 15, 2025, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, is therefore stayed pending the issuance of the mandate of this Court in NJ Transit Corp., et al. v. Colt, Jeffrey, et al., case No. 24-1113, and Galette, Cedric v. NJ Transit Corp., case No. 24-1021. |