| 25-925 |
Peter Malkin, et al. v. Virginia Shasha, et al. |
New York |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
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arbitration-award circuit-split email-service federal-arbitration-act manifest-disregard service-of-process |
1. The first question presented involves the proper scope of review of an arbitration award under the Federal Arbitration Act.
The Courts of Appeals … |
| 25A622 |
Allen Watkins v. United States District Court for District of Arizona |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Application |
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arbitration-award coram-non-judice federal-arbitration-act judicial-review ministerial-duty statutory-mandate |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5359 |
Robert Joyce v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitration-award collective-bargaining duty-of-fair-representation employment-termination federal-rules labor-relations |
1. Should Petitioner have been foreclosed from challenging the alleged fraud in Federal Court pursuant to 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act be… |
| 25-88 |
Delco LLC, dba Delco Products v. Leviathan Group LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-23 |
Denied |
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arbitration-award attorney-fees circuit-court-review contract-breach contract-deliverables michigan-law |
1. Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ("Sixth Circuit") erred by not remanding to the District Court to order Leviathan to pro… |
| 25-83 |
Adrian Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Granted |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
arbitration-award diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act federal-question jurisdiction post-arbitration-application |
Under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act, a party may apply to confirm or vacate an arbitration award. But federal courts have limited j… |
| 24-1199 |
Muntaha Tahar v. Creative Corner Early Learning Center, LLC |
District of Columbia |
2025-05-23 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-award court-of-appeals d-c-code superior-court uncontested-counterclaim unpaid-rent |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUPERIOR COURT'S TRIAL COURT, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, VIOLATED D.C. CODE SECTION 16-4424 WHEN … |
| 24A1093 |
Royal Merchant Holdings, LLC v. The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., et al. |
Florida |
2025-05-14 |
Presumed Complete |
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arbitration-award arbitration-procedure federal-arbitration-act procedural-due-process state-court-review vacatur |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1109 |
Karl Hansen v. Tesla, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-award issue-preclusion predispute-arbitration sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation whistleblower-claim |
1. Whether a confirmed arbitration award on related
or overlapping claims may be given issue-preclusive
effect so as to bar a Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX")… |
| 24-147 |
Levi Quintana v. Jonathan Kraut |
California |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-award arbitrator-misconduct judicial-review partnership-dissolution statutory-interpretation tax-regulations |
Whether the California Supreme Court erred in its ruling, given that the arbitrator not only failed to follow applicable federal statutes, codes and r… |
| 24-135 |
James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
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arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection |
This case presents two important federal questions arising from an arbitration award confirmed by the United States District Court for the Central Dis… |
| 23-1261 |
Gussi S.A. de C.V. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award circuit-split federal-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure foreign-parties international-law marshal-service nonresident-service service service-of-process statutory-interpretation |
1. Have the Marshal service requirements of 9 U.S.C. § 9 on an application to confirm an arbitration award on a nonresident foreign adverse party been… |
| 23-322 |
Affordable Care, L.L.C. v. Raeline K. McIntyre, DMD, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award arbitrator-bias bias circuit-split confirmation disclosure-requirements discovery evident-partiality judicial-review reasonable-impression |
1. Where an arbitrator and opposing counsel fail to disclose significant connections, does a party just have to show the "reasonable impression" of bi… |
| 22-1202 |
Spirit of the East, LLC v. Yale Products Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
arbitration-award contract-enforcement criminal-statutes eleventh-circuit federal-arbitration-act hall-street-associates-v-mattel judicial-review public-policy |
Whether a court is prohibited from even
considering public policy as a ground to vacate
an arbitration award under the FAA when the
award commands act… |
| 22-608 |
CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C.A. v. Commodities & Minerals Enterprise Ltd. |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sovereign-immunities-act new-york-convention public-policy service-of-process service-of-summons |
1. Did the Second Circuit err in holding service of a Summons pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, upon a pa… |
| 21-7937 |
Richard Rodrick MacDonald v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitration-act arbitration-award authority contract contract-enforcement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-claims-court federal-court judicial-authority parties |
Did the United States Court of Federal Claims lawfully invalidate this Arbitration Award? 1.
Or, question restated'
Can a lower Federal Court vacate… |
| 21-7521 |
Paul E. Pieczynski v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
arbitration arbitration-award civil-action civil-procedure confirmation federal-arbitration-act miscellaneous-filing statutory-interpretation time-bar |
The Federal Arbitration Act Title 9 section 12 bars vacating or modifying award after three months. Is the petition or motion, when seeking confirmati… |
| 21-5885 |
Michael Alan Webb v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment arbitration-award civil-rights district-court due-process federal-law legal-precedent manifest-disregard motion-to-vacate qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing |
Question not identified. |
| 21-344 |
Quest International Monitor Service, Inc. v. Rockwell Collins, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act limitation-period procedural-rules removal removal-jurisdiction state-court state-court-procedure uniformity vacatur |
This Court has recognized that while the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) reflects a federal policy of favoring arbitration, "there is no federal policy … |
| 20-1804 |
In Re Peter R. Culpepper |
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2021-06-25 |
Denied |
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arbitration-act arbitration-award contract-interpretation employment-agreement federal-arbitration-act federal-law judicial-discretion preemption state-law tennessee-uniform-arbitration-act vacatur |
Whether, under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), respondent-chancellor abused her discretion in applying the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act ("th… |
| 20-1273 |
Franek Olstowski v. Petroleum Analyzer Company, L.P. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-15 |
Denied |
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arbitration arbitration-award bankruptcy federal-court federal-procedure full-faith-and-credit judicial-proceeding state-court state-court-judgment trade-secret |
1. Whether state-court judgments confirming arbitration awards, including state-court orders clarifying such judgments, are "judicial proceedings" ent… |
| 20-1143 |
Denise A. Badgerow v. Greg Walters, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
arbitration-award circuit-split federal-arbitration-act federal-question-jurisdiction look-through-approach quezada-v-bechtel subject-matter-jurisdiction vaden-v-discover-bank |
Whether federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration award under Sections 9 and 10 of the FAA where the only ba… |
| 20-895 |
Scott Seldin, Individually and as Trustee of the Selden 2002 Irrevocable Trust, dated October 9, 1993, et al. v. Estate of Stanley C. Silverman, et al. |
Nebraska |
2021-01-07 |
Denied |
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actual-bias arbitration-award arbitration-awards evident-partiality federal-arbitration-act judicial-review public-policy statutory-interpretation vacatur |
1. Whether the FAA categorically forecloses courts from vacating an arbitration award on the ground that the award is contrary to public policy.
2. W… |
| 20-729 |
Juan Carlos Celestino Coderch Mitjans v. EGI-VSR, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-award arbitration-confirmation civil-procedure court-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act international-commercial-arbitration panama-convention substantive-dispute |
Whether a court can decide a substantive arbitrable dispute that an arbitration award left unresolved, on a petition to confirm the award under the In… |
| 20-6167 |
Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1653 arbitration-award civil-procedure compensatory-damages declaratory-relief federal-circuit federal-circuit-court henry-schein motion-to-dismiss standing summary-affirmance |
Question not identified. |
| 20-6059 |
Paul Edward Duran v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review arbitration-award civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-arbitration-act federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate |
Question not identified. |
| 20-238 |
Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd. v. Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII |
California |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award civil-procedure foreign-relations hague-service-convention international-litigation judicial-sovereignty jurisdiction postal-service service-of-process |
1. whether a private litigant can, by agreement with its opponent, waive a foreign state's objection to service by postal channels in its territory un… |
| 20-5455 |
Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. Aurora Bank, FSB, et al. |
California |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitration-award civil-procedure court-conflict due-process henry-schein-inc-v-archer-white-sales-inc judicial-corruption judicial-interpretation non-judicial-arbitration notary-affidavit schein-rules standing |
A recalled judge in 2018, Mr. Aaron Persky of Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, granted relief in 2012 to strangers to an alleged f… |
| 19-1333 |
Monster Energy Company, fka Hansen Beverage Company v. City Beverages LLC, dba Olympic Eagle Distributing |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards bias circuit-split commonwealth-coatings disclosure disclosure-requirements disclosure-rule evident-partiality federal-arbitration-act judicial-standard standard standard-of-review |
1. What is the standard for determining whether
an arbitration award must be vacated for "evident partiality" under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S… |
| 19-854 |
Universal Telephone Exchange, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation, et al. |
Texas |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law federal-arbitration-act fraud fraud-standard legal-integrity revised-uniform-arbitration-act statutory-interpretation texas-civil-practices-and-remedies-code undue-means uniform-arbitration-act |
Does an admission by a party of contemporaneous illegal activity at the time of the issues in dispute in arbitration, or contemporaneous with the time… |
| 19-761 |
KT Corporation, et al. v. ABS Holdings, Ltd., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
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arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards contract contract-disputes due-process due-process-standards enforcement-actions foreign-government foreign-law-enforcement international-comity satellite-dispute tribunal-mandate |
Does the doctrine of international comity bar our courts from enforcing arbitration awards that are based on a tribunal's conclusion – in excess of it… |
| 19-712 |
Hamp's Construction, LLC v. Inland Marine Services, L.L.C. |
Louisiana |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law civil-procedure due-process federal-courts industrial-justice judicial-review manifest-disregard statutory-interpretation statutory-law vacatur |
1. Is "manifest disregard of the law" still a valid basis to vacate or modify an arbitrator's award?
2. Did the arbitrator in this case manifestly di… |
| 19-6705 |
Keenan G. Wilkins v. J. Galvin, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-jurisdiction arbitration-award civil-procedure dismissal district-court due-process jurisdiction legal-standard manifest-disregard motion-to-strike motion-to-vacate standing |
Does the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to decide an appeal before an appellant requests status under Rule 24 and cert?
Does a Court of Appeal cou… |
| 19-6338 |
Gerald Nelson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Second Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arbitration arbitration-award back-pay back-pay-settlement civil-rights due-process gross-income gross-income-taxation section-1983 tax tax-law tax-liability unemployment unemployment-benefits |
1. 26 U.S.C 61 (a) , defines Gross income means all income from whatever source derived. Question: If gross income ,includes back pay settlements that… |
| 18-1546 |
Century III Mall PA LLC v. Sears Roebuck & Co. |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
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9-usc-10a4 arbitration-award arbitration-review arbitrator-authority binding-arbitration civil-litigation contract-interpretation contractual-rights dispute-resolution judicial-restraint lease-valuation prudential-restraint scope-of-authority statutory-interpretation |
While courts exercise prudential restraint when considering whether to vacate an arbitration award under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4) ("where arbitrators excee… |