No. 25-1311
 
Title: Apple Inc., Petitioner
v.
Epic Games, Inc.
Docketed: May 27, 2026
Linked with: 26A194
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-2935)
   Decision Date: December 11, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: March 30, 2026
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 21 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 26, 2026)
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Jun 03 2026 Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed.
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Jun 04 2026 Brief of respondent Epic Games, Inc. in opposition filed.
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Jun 05 2026 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Jun 09 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
Jun 09 2026 Reply of petitioner Apple Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 29 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
Jun 30 2026 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jul 22 2026 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 23 2026 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioner's brief and the joint appendix is extended to and including September 14, 2026. The time to file respondent's brief is extended to and including November 13, 2026.
Aug 12 2026 Application (26A194) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Aug 12 2026 Order entered by Justice Kagan: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicant, it is ordered that further proceedings in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, case No. 4:20-cv-5640, are hereby administratively stayed until 5 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
Aug 12 2026 Opposition to Request for Administrative Stay filed.
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Aug 13 2026 Reply of applicant Apple Inc. filed.
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Aug 13 2026 Application (26A194) denied by Justice Kagan.
Sep 14 2026 Brief of petitioner Apple Inc. filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Sep 16 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Sep 19 2026 Brief amicus curiae of International Center for Law and Economics filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amici curiae of Professor Michael T. Morley, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Progress filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Antitrust Enforcers filed.
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Sep 21 2026 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Gregory George Garre
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

GREGORY.GARRE@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-2207
Party name: Apple Inc.


Attorneys for Respondent
Gary Andrew Bornstein
Counsel of Record
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10019

gbornstein@cravath.com
Ph: 212-474-1000
Party name: Epic Games, Inc.


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Daniel Stuart Alter
Counsel of Record
Broadfield US LLP
488 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10022

danielalter@broadfieldlaw.com
Ph: 2123901256
Party name: Chamber of Progress


Cory L. Andrews
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

CANDREWS@WLF.ORG
Ph: 2025880302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Steven Paul Lehotsky
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

steve@lehotskycohn.com
Ph: (512) 693-8350
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association, NetChoice, and Software & Information Industry Association


Steven Paul Lehotsky
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

steve@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 2023652509
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association, Chamber of Progress, NetChoice, and Software & Information Industry Association


Ephraim Alexander McDowell
Counsel of Record
Cooley LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004

emcdowell@cooley.com
Ph: 202-842-7800
Party name: Former Federal Antitrust Enforcers


Michael T. Morley
Counsel of Record
Florida State University Election Law Center
425 W. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306

michaelmorleyesq@hotmail.com
Ph: 8607783883
Party name: Professor Michael T. Morley and Dean F. Andrew Hessick


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Protect the First Foundation


Sopen Bharat Shah
Counsel of Record
Eimer Stahl LLP
2 East Mifflin Street
Suite 703
Madison, WI 53703

sshah@eimerstahl.com
Ph: 6086208561
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Kristian Stout
Counsel of Record
The lntemational Center for Law & Economics
1104 NW 15th Ave
Ste 300
Portland, OR 97232

kstout@laweconcenter.org
Ph: (732) 690-0375
Party name: International Center for Law and Economics