Apple Urges High Court To Vacate Contempt Ruling In Apple, Epic Antitrust Row

Mealey's ( September 15, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its petitioner’s brief filed Sept. 14 in the U.S. Supreme Court, Apple Inc. urges the court to reverse a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding a district court’s contempt finding against Apple over anticompetitive practices on its App Store in an antitrust dispute with Epic Games Inc., arguing that the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming contempt based on an injunction’s “spirit” rather than its text....