The U.S. government and several legal and business groups filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court urging justices to reverse part of Apple's contempt ruling in its lawsuit against Epic Games. In late June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Apple's argument that a civil contempt ruling should be reversed. When Apple was compelled to allow developers to direct users to external purchasing options, it imposed a 27% commission on those transactions.

Epic challenged this, and the district court found Apple in civil contempt. Apple has since allowed developers to link to external purchasing options without charging a commission. The company argues the injunction's text did not prohibit charging a commission, and lower courts improperly relied on the 'spirit of the injunction.' The Department of Justice argues civil contempt is appropriate only if conduct is clearly covered by the injunction's express terms, which it says was not the case with Apple's 27% commission.

DOJ also says lower courts were right to hold Apple in contempt over its 'plain button' restriction. Other amicus briefs came from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Chamber of Progress, Former Federal Antitrust Enforcers, International Center for Law and Economics, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Net Choice, and Software & Information Industry Association.