Supreme Court rejects Google's emergency bid to prevent changes to app store

The Supreme Court on Monday declined Google's emergency request to stop a lower court order that requires it to make changes to its app store in an anticompetitive case. 

A lower court judge ordered Google last year to stop monopolizing how developers can bill users for payments as part of an anticompetitive case with the developer of Fortnite. The judge's order allows developers to use other app stores, like Apple, to bill users and set their own prices. 

A federal appeals court upheld the lower court ruling in July, per CNBC.

The Supreme Court order did not give a reason for the ruling or how many judges ruled in the majority. The ruling allows the court order to take effect on Oct. 22, but does not resolve the underlying issue, which could return to the high court, the New York Times reported. 

Google said it plans to ask the Supreme Court to review the entire case by Oct. 27.

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