In a ruling that clears the way for a copyright plaintiff to collect on a judgment of more than $30 million, a federal judge has refused to grant a stay to allow the defendant to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

In his six-page opinion in Graham Co. v. Haughey , U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III found that the district court "lacks jurisdiction to issue a stay of a judgment of the court of appeals pending the filing of a certiorari petition."