Judge delays JCPenney-Macy’s lawsuit over Stewart

A New York judge delayed a long-awaited ruling on the court battle between Macy’s and JCPenney over Martha Stewart after calling a hearing to grill lawyers about an exclusive story by The Post.

As The Post reported Sept. 4, JCPenney CEO Mike Ullman has decided to scrap a line of licensed home goods from Stewღart that sparked a lawsuit from Macy’s, even though New York State Supreme Court Just🌱ice Jeffrey Oing has yet to rule on the matter.

Oing called attorneys into a privat✱e conference Wednesday morning to discuss the story but emerged about a half an hour later with no decision.

“At this point, I’m going to go forward with issuing a decision… hopefully in a shorter time, 🎃rather than a later time,” Oing told the court.

Yesterday, sources told The Post that Penney is moving to replace a line of Stewart-design🔜ed goods with a slew of꧒ store brands including Liz Claiborne.

In brie♔f comments from the bench after holding the conference with lawyers, the judge said he wanted to go “right to the horse” as he questioned Penney counse🐼l Mark Epstein in private about the situation.

Representatives for Martha Stewart, Penney and Macy’s declined to comment.