No. 18-1032

Robert Steven Mawhinney v. American Airlines, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: air-carrier-employee air21-complaint air21-discrimination air21-discrimination-complaint arbitration-provision department-of-labor dol-investigation employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-exemption ninth-circuit-error pre-dispute-arbitration pre-dispute-arbitration-provision settlement-agreement statutory-federal-regulation statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Arbitration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in determining that the "DOL's independent interest in Mawhinney's AIR21 discrimination and retaliation complaint ... ceased once its investigation concluded with a finding of no violation?"

Did the Ninth Circuit err in determining that a Statutory Federal Regulation (29 C.F.R. § 1979.111(e)), a rule that was not accepted, ordained, or published until March 21, 2003, (68 FR 14107), applies to the SAgreement which was conceived on December 17, 2002?

Did the Ninth Circuit, and District Court, err in determining that RSMawhinney's AIR21 discrimination complaint could lawfully be the subject of a pre-dispute arbitration provision, within the SAgreement, that did not include AIR21 within the provision?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Determining whether an air carrier employee's AIR21 discrimination complaint can be subject to a pre-dispute arbitration provision

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-08
Waiver of right of respondent American Airlines, Inc. to respond filed.
2019-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

American Airlines, Inc.
Robert Jon HendricksMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Respondent
Robert Mawhinney
Robert Steven Mawhinney — Petitioner