Let $X$ and $A$ be compact Polish spaces endowed with Borel $\sigma$-algebras. Let $\mathcal{A} = X\times \mathcal{B}(A)$ be the $\sigma$-algebra consisting of cylinders whose projections on $A$ are Borel sets. Let $u: X\times A\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. Let $\pi\in \Delta(X\times A)$ be a probability measure. Let $\mathcal{F}\equiv \{f:A\rightarrow A|\;f \text{ is } \mathcal{A} \text{ measurable}\}$ denote the collection of all measurable functions from $A$ to $A$. **Question:** Is it true that $$\sup_{f\in \mathcal{F}}\int_{X\times A} E \big[u\big(x,f(a)\big) \big| \mathcal{A}\big] d\pi(x,a) = \int_{X\times A}\; \sup_{f\in \mathcal{F}}E \big[u\big(x,f(a)\big) \big| \mathcal{A}\big] d\pi(x,a)?$$ **An economic interpretation:** As Michael Greinecker pointed out in the comment, if we interpret $u$ as the a payoff function, $x\in X$ as an unknown state, $a\in A$ as an action, and $\pi$ as a system of stochastic action recommendations, then the claim I am trying to establish can be interpreted as saying that *choosing an optimal contingent plan ex ante leads to the same expected utility as maximizing for each recommended action at the interim stage*. ----------- ---- **My thoughts so far:** My first instinct is to invoke the Measurable Selection Theorem, which would be similar to the arguments in Theorem 14.60 of Rockafella and Wets' "Variational Analysis". However, I do not know how to work with the conditional expectations in the expression above, which is itself a random variable that is only unique almost surely. Specifically, to use the Measurable Selection Theorem as Rockafellar and Wets did, I would need to somehow establish that $$ \Big\{k: E \big[u\big(x,k\big) \big| a\big] \ge c \Big\} $$ is a closed set for each $a\in A$ and $c\in \mathbb{R}$, but I'm not sure why that would be true, especially since conditional expectation is only pinned down for **almost all** $a\in A$. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!