arbitration-agreements

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25-1008 Aviagames, Inc. v. Andrew Pandolfi, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-24 Pending Response Waived arbitration-agreements contract-enforcement equal-treatment-rule Federal-Arbitration-Act procedural-unconscionability severability-doctrine The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") requires courts to "place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts" and to "enforce them ac…
25-535 Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC, et al. v. Yashika Watson, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Zeola Ellis, III Arkansas 2025-11-03 Denied Amici (5) administrative-law arbitration-agreements federal-funding medicare-medicaid spending-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Whether legislation enacted pursuant to the spending power makes private conduct illegal absent a clear statement that Congress intended to do more…
25A219 Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC, et al. v. Yashika Watson, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Zeola Ellis, III Arkansas 2025-08-26 Presumed Complete agency-rulemaking arbitration-agreements federal-arbitration-act long-term-care medicare-medicaid spending-clause This case presents exceptionally important questions about the correct interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act and Spending Clause legislation. …
24-712 Daniel Peterson v. Minerva Surgical, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-03 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitration-agreements article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-arbitration-act judicial-oversight public-policy A century ago, many courts declined to enforce arbitration agreements, concerned that arbitration as a non-judicial process could bypass essential jud…
23-1132 Lyft, Inc. v. California California 2024-04-18 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individualized-monetary-relief monetary-relief preemption public-officials state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law authorizing public officials to pursue claims for individualized monetary relief in court for t…
23-1130 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. California, et al. California 2024-04-18 Denied Amici (1) arbitration-agreements eeoc-v-waffle-house federal-arbitration-act individual-relief litigation-claims monetary-relief preemption state-law state-officials Does the FAA allow state officials to litigate claims for monetary relief on behalf of people who agreed to arbitrate those claims?
23-795 Gregory Abelar, et al. v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements circuit-split eeoc-filing eeoc-filing-requirements employment-law gilmer-v-interstate-johnson-lane substantive-rights The question presented in this Petition is whether an arbitration agreement can be used to bar an employee from pursuing a claim under the Age Discrim…
23-661 Tug Hill Operating, LLC v. Lastephen Rogers Fourth Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitrability arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine delegation-of-arbitrability gateway-questions nonsignatories nonsignatory third-party-beneficiary When an arbitration agreement delegates gateway questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator, may a court still interpret the agreement for itself to …
22-1237 Ryan Daly, et al. v. Alexis Chechowitz, et al. Massachusetts 2023-06-23 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure class-action class-action-settlement due-process federal-arbitration-act preemption supremacy-clause 1. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. ("FAA"), pursuant to Article VI of the United States Constitution ("Supremacy Clause"), …
22-157 The Key Finance, Inc., et al. v. DJ Koon Oklahoma 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreements attorneys-fees civil-procedure court-precedent dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-enforcement standing Whether the decisions below violated the Federal Arbitration Act and decades of Court precedent by failing to enforce the express terms of the parties…
21-1455 Northport Health Services of Arkansas, LLC, dba Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center, et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Amici (3) administrative-law arbitration-agreements chevron-deference disfavored-treatment federal-arbitration-act health-and-safety long-term-care-facilities medicaid-act medicare-act medicare-and-medicaid-acts 1. Whether the FAA is indifferent to rules that penalize parties for using arbitration agreements but leave enforceable any theoretical agreements par…
21-196 SNH SE Ashley River Tenant, LLC, et al. v. Thayer W. Arredondo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Hubert Whaley, Deceased South Carolina 2021-08-11 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency agency-law arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements contract-interpretation equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act powers-of-attorney preemption The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires courts "to put arbitration agreements on an equal plane with other contracts." Kindred Nursing Ctrs. Ltd. P…
20-700 Addie Smith v. Syhadley, LLC Washington 2020-11-20 Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act motion-to-compel preemption state-law state-law-conflict supersedeas supreme-clause 1. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state Supersedeas law? Does this state law conflict with the FAA? 2. Whether the Federal Arbitration …
20-673 Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7 v. City of Chicago, Illinois Illinois 2020-11-16 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreements arbitration-enforcement eastern-associated-coal-vs-umwa federal-arbitration-act federal-policy labor-arbitration public-policy public-policy-exception supreme-court-precedent united-paperworkers-vs-misco w-r-grace-vs-local-union Whether the Illinois Supreme Court erred as a matter of law by expanding the scope of the public-policy exception to enforcement of labor arbitration …
19-1078 AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. v. Steven McArdle Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements california-law civil-procedure class-wide-injunction consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunction public-injunctive-relief California law authorizes plaintiffs asserting a claim under the State's consumer-protection laws to seek "public injunctive relief'—which it defines …
19-959 TAMKO Building Products, Inc. v. Daniel Williams, et al. Oklahoma 2020-01-31 Denied Amici (1) agency-law arbitration-agreements equal-footing equal-footing-principle federal-arbitration-act jury-trial-rights practical-impact state-agency-law state-court-hostility state-courts Whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits state courts to craft state principles of agency law that uniquely disfavor arbitration (in the guise of u…
18-1437 Winston & Strawn LLP v. Constance Ramos, et al. California 2019-05-16 Denied Amici (6) arbitration arbitration-agreements armendariz civil-rights contract-law employment employment-arbitration federal-arbitration-act preemption severability unconscionability In AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, this Court reiterated that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires courts to "place arbitration agreements on a…
18-1175 Colin Shillinglaw v. Baylor University, et al. Texas 2019-03-11 Denied Response Waived 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 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 l…