No. 18-1175

Colin Shillinglaw v. Baylor University, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-preemption preemption res-judicata state-court-procedure
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the FAA preempts a conflicting state anti-SLAPP statute and precludes a state court from refusing either to compel arbitration or to stay litigation in favor of arbitration based on pending anti-SLAPP proceedings.

2. Whether the FAA preempts a state court's refusal to compel arbitration based on a state law doctrine of res judicata as a result of dismissal in a related case under state anti-SLAPP procedures occurring after the filing of the motion to compel arbitration.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the FAA preempts a conflicting state anti-SLAPP statute and precludes a state court from refusing either to compel arbitration or to stay litigation in favor of arbitration based on pending anti-SLAPP proceedings

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-03-28
Waiver of right of respondents Baylor University, et al. to respond filed.
2019-03-28
Waiver of right of respondent Pepper Hamilton, LLP to respond filed.
2019-03-27
Waiver of right of respondents J. Cary Gray, et al. to respond filed.
2019-03-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Baylor University, Dr. David E. Garland, and Dr. Reagan Ramsower
Stephen Cann DillardNorton Rose Fulbright, US LLP, Respondent
Colin Shillinglaw
Gaines F. West IIWest, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry, P.C., Petitioner
J. Cary Gray, Ronald D. Murff, David H. Harper and Dr. Dennis R. Wiles
Lara Hudgins HollingsworthRusty Hardin & Associates, LLP, Respondent
Pepper Hamilton, LLP
Katherine K. ElrichCobb Martinez Woodward, PLLC, Respondent