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New Jersey Transit Corporation v. Colt

Application for stay granted on Sept. 19, 2025.

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
25a287 N.Y. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay a state trial in which the New Jersey Transit Corporation is a defendant where the court has granted certiorari to determine whether NJ Transit has sovereign immunity.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/11/2025Application (25A287) for a stay, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
09/12/2025Order 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.
09/12/2025Response to application from respondent Jeffrey Colt and Betsy Tsai filed.
09/12/2025Reply of applicant New Jersey Transit Corporation, NJ Transit Bus Operations, Inc., and Ana Hernandez filed.
09/19/2025Application (25A287) referred to the Court.
09/19/2025Application (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.