What happened
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. temporarily froze a Fifth Circuit order in a dispute involving Danco Laboratories LLC and Louisiana, issuing an administrative stay while the U.S. Supreme Court awaits a response to Danco's application.
The order stays the Fifth Circuit's May 1, 2026 order in case No. 26-30203 until 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 11, 2026. It does not resolve the application or state a merits ruling.
Alito also directed that a response to the application be filed by 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 7, 2026, setting up the next procedural step before the temporary pause expires.
The source order does not describe the substance of the Fifth Circuit order, the relief Danco sought, or the arguments by Louisiana and the other respondents. Without those filings, the practical effect of the administrative stay cannot be stated from the supplied source alone.
The order was signed by Alito and dated May 4, 2026. Because it is an administrative stay rather than an opinion, it contains no reasoning to quote and should not be described as a precedential ruling.