Owing to this, the Ripple chief legal officer, who previously implied that the XRP lawsuit could involve the Supreme Court stated that any verdict in the case based on prejudgment is moot for Ripple now. 

Stuart Alderory noted that Ripple can, and will, immediately appeal if the SEC’s summary judgment is not denied as predicted by the pro-XRP attorney John Deaton. An appeal would then take the case to the Supreme Court. But before the Supreme Court phase, the case would go before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, he noted.