No. 24-1145

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al. v. Skot Heckman, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act mass-arbitration ninth-circuit severability-doctrine
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the FAA protects all arbitration agreements (as this Court and five circuits have stated) or only a subset of traditional, bilateral arbitration agreements that the FAA's drafters specifically envisioned (as the Ninth Circuit stated).

2. Whether the FAA preempts California's severability doctrine because it specifically targets and disproportionately invalidates arbitration agreements.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the FAA protects all arbitration agreements or only traditional bilateral arbitration agreements and whether the FAA preempts California's severability doctrine

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-02
Reply of petitioners Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-07-02
Reply of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al. submitted.
2025-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-13
Amicus brief of The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy submitted.
2025-06-12
Brief of Skot Heckman et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-06-12
2025-06-12
2025-06-12
Brief amicus curiae of The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy filed.
2025-06-12
2025-06-12
Amicus brief of New Era ADR, Inc. submitted.
2025-06-12
Amicus brief of California Employment Law Council submitted.
2025-06-11
2025-06-11
Amicus brief of Atlantic Legal Foundation submitted.
2025-05-13
Response Requested. (Due June 12, 2025)
2025-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-09
Waiver of right of respondent Skot Heckman, et al. to respond filed.
2025-05-09
Waiver of right of respondent Skot Heckman et al. to respond filed.
2025-05-09
Waiver of Skot Heckman et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2025)
2025-01-24
Application (24A728) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 5, 2025.
2025-01-22
Application (24A728) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 6, 2025 to May 5, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. EbnerAtlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
California Employment Law Council
Alexander Thomas MacDonaldLittler Mendelson. PC, Amicus
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al.
Roman Martinez VLatham & Watkins, LLP, Petitioner
New Era ADR, Inc.
Sandra Lynn MusumeciKelley Drye & Warren LLP, Amicus
Skot Heckman et al.
Warren David PostmanKeller Postman LLC, Respondent
The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy
Charles Thomas Frazier Jr.Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP, Amicus