The Supreme Court refused a request on Sept. 8 by a Sunoco business unit to halt enforcement of a $155 million class-action judgment for unpaid interest on late payments for crude oil while it decides whether it should hear the company’s appeal of the verdict.
The justices are scheduled to consider the appeal on Sept. 28.
The denial was issued by Justice Neil Gorsuch, who oversees emergency applications from Oklahoma and five other states within the 10th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Gorsuch provided no reasons for his decision in the case known as Sunoco Partners Marketing and Terminals L.P. v. Cline, court file 22A188….