After Cobb issued her decision, the CFTC requested that she stay her order while they appealed it. Cobb declined to do so. When the regulator then asked a U.S. federal appeals court to temporarily block the election-related events contracts, the appeals court also declined, issuing a unanimous decision denying the CFTC’s emergency motion to stay and arguing that the CFTC had provided “no concrete basis” to conclude that election contracts could harm the public interest.
