No. 23-51
Neal Bissonnette, et al. v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al.
Amici (14)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split employment-contract employment-contracts federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce railroad-employees seamen statutory-interpretation transportation-industry
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
To be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, must a class of workers that is actively engaged in interstate transportation also be employed by a company in the transportation industry?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a class of workers actively engaged in interstate transportation must also be employed by a company in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act
Docket Entries
2024-05-14
Judgment Issued.
2024-04-12
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
2024-02-20
Argued. For petitioners: Jennifer D. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal. For respondents: Traci L. Lovitt, New York, N. Y.
2024-01-18
Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-12
Reply of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-11
CIRCULATED.
2024-01-09
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.
2024-01-05
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
2024-01-05
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
2023-12-20
Brief amicus curiae of Restaurant Law Center filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, et al. filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amicus curiae of Amazon.com, Inc. filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amicus curiae of The California Employment Law Council filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher, et al. filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amicus curiae of Independent Bakers Association filed.
2023-12-20
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2023-12-18
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2023-12-13
Brief of respondents LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed.
2023-11-20
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
2023-11-15
Brief amici curiae of National Employment Law Project, et al. filed.
2023-11-13
Brief of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed.
2023-11-13
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost received.)
2023-09-29
Petition GRANTED.
2023-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-09-05
Reply of petitioners Neal Bissonnette, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-08-21
Brief of respondents LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
2023-06-08
Application (22A984) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 17, 2023.
2023-06-02
Application (22A984) to extend further the time from June 15, 2023 to July 15, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
2023-05-11
Application (22A984) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until June 15, 2023.
2023-05-09
Application (22A984) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 16, 2023 to June 15, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Amazon.com, Inc.
American Association for Justice
Gerson H. Smoger — Suite 550, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Retail Federation, and American Bakers Association
Andrew John Pincus — Mayer Brown LLP, Amicus
Constitutional Accountability Center
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy
Sarah Elizabeth Spencer — Spencer Willson PLLC, Amicus
Illinois et al.
Independent Bakers Association
Thomas G. Hungar — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al.
Traci L. Lovitt — Jones Day, Respondent
National Academy of Arbitrators
Barry Marc Winograd — Arbitrator & Mediator, Amicus
National Employment Law Project and National Employment Lawyers Association
Neal Bissonnette, et al.
Jennifer Dale Bennett — Gupta Wessler LLP, Petitioner
Harold Louis Lichten — Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Petitioner
Matthew William Thomson — Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Petitioner
Zachary Levy Rubin — Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Petitioner
Professors Samuel Estreicher and David Sherwyn
Public Justice
Leah Marie Nicholls — Public Justice, Amicus
Restaurant Law Center
Todd Brian Scherwin — Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Amicus
The California Employment Law Council
Chris Ashod Jalian — Paul Hastings LLP, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation
Cory L. Andrews — Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus