On July 10, the state appealed the decision to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which combined the case for briefing and oral argument with a similar Indiana case, "Baskin v. Bogan", and scheduled oral arguments for August 26. On September 4, the Seventh Circuit, in a unanimous opinion authored by Judge Richard Posner, upheld the district court decision. On September 9, Wisconsin Attorney General Van Hollen asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case. The Seventh Circuit stayed enforcement of its ruling on September 18. On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of this case, allowing the Circuit Court's ruling to take effect.