No. 20-700

Addie Smith v. Syhadley, LLC

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2020-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act motion-to-compel preemption state-law state-law-conflict supersedeas supreme-clause
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state Supersedeas law? Does this state law conflict with the FAA?

2. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act standard of the rule is satisfied when the courts violate Petitioner's right to arbitrate by enforcing conflicting state laws.

3. Whether the Petitioner should have been granted Motion for Discretionary Review based on the Federal Arbitration Agreement?

4. Based on the decisions of other Washington State cases, granting Motion for Discretionary Review by the Washington State Supreme Court regarding similar arbitration agreements, should the Petitioner also have been granted Discretionary Review?

5. The King County Division I Court of Appeals denied Petitioner's Motion to Compel Arbitration. Should the Motion to Compel Arbitration been granted based on the Federal Arbitration Act?

6. Whether, based on the FAA, the Washington State Supreme Court and the Washington State Court of Appeals should have ended the Petitioner's Stay pending the outcome of the ruling?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state Supersedeas law

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2020-12-10
Application (20A106) denied by Justice Kagan.
2020-12-08
Application (20A106) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2020-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2020)

Attorneys

addie Smith
Addie Smith — Petitioner