What happened
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. administratively stayed two Third Circuit orders involving PG Publishing Co. d/b/a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the National Labor Relations Board, temporarily halting the lower-court action while the Supreme Court considers the newspaper publisher's application.
The order covers the Third Circuit's March 24, 2025 and November 10, 2025 orders in case Nos. 24-2788 and 24-3057. The stay remains in place pending further action by Justice Alito or the full Supreme Court.
The order does not explain the underlying dispute or the Third Circuit's reasoning. It states only that the stay was entered after consideration of the applicant's counsel's submission.
The next step is a response to the application, which the order says must be filed by Monday, January 5, 2026, at 5 p.m. EST.
Because the source document is a short administrative order rather than an opinion, it does not provide a merits holding, legal reasoning, or any indication of how the justices may ultimately handle the application.