delegation-doctrine

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-240 Stewart A. Feldman, et al. v. Scott Sullivan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-act arbitration-rules circuit-split class-arbitration delegation-doctrine gateway-question Whether the parties' generic incorporation of an arbitration association's rules in their arbitration agreement is clear and unmistakable evidence tha…
23-1128 McInnis Electric Company v. Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, et al. Mississippi 2024-04-17 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitrability arbitrability-standard arbitration arbitration-agreement boilerplate boilerplate-contract burden-of-proof clear-manifestation-of-intent delegation delegation-doctrine federal-arbitration-act 1. Does the Federal Arbitration Act allow use of the rules of an arbitral association in the text of a boilerplate, or form, arbitration agreement to …
23A648 Allen Brooks, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-12 Presumed Complete attorney-general-authority commerce-clause delegation-doctrine legislative-power sex-offender-registration sorna Question not identified.
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 …
23-522 Imperial Pacific International (CNMI), LLC v. Commonwealth Casino Commission, as Agency of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Ninth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration-clause carve-out clear-and-unmistakable clear-and-unmistakable-standard delegation delegation-doctrine ninth-circuit non-binding-arbitration permissive-arbitration 1. Is "clear and unmistakable" delegation to the arbitrator to decide arbitrability negated by a carve-out to arbitrability in the arbitration clause,…
22-518 Petrobras America Inc., et al. v. Transcor Astra Group S.A., et al. Texas 2022-12-05 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) arbitrability arbitration-clause contract contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine federal-courts judicial-review state-courts superseded-contract superseding-contract Whether, when parties have entered a contract with an arbitration clause that delegates to the arbitrator questions of arbitrability, the arbitrator—r…
20-829 WasteCare Corporation v. Harmony Enterprises, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration-agreement arbitration-rules carve-out circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation delegation-doctrine exempt-claims Whether an arbitration agreement that expressly carves out specific claims to be exempt from the provision clearly and unmistakably delegates arbitrab…
20-695 Derek Piersing v. Domino’s Pizza Franchising LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Amici (1) aaa-rules arbitrability circuit-court delegation-doctrine employment-agreement first-options procedural-rules state-court There must be "clear and unmistakable evidence" of parties' intent to have arbitrability decided by an arbitrator for a court to find that they agreed…
19-963 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-31 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (3) appellate-conflict arbitrability arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law delegation-doctrine federal-arbitration-act federal-courts questions-of-arbitrability state-courts Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negates an otherwise clear and unmistakable delegation of…
18A1305 Carolyn Barnes v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge delegation-doctrine government-sovereignty judicial-power legislative-authority separation-of-powers Question not identified.
18-1317 American Institute for International Steel, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Amici (3) article-i checks-and-balances constitutional-challenge delegation-doctrine delegation-of-power facial-challenge federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng legislative-power presidential-authority section-232 separation-of-powers steel-tariffs trade-expansion-act trade-expansion-act-1962 trade-expansion-act-of-1962 1. Did the Court of International Trade erroneously conclude that Algonquin controls the outcome of this action by failing to distinguish this facial …
18-617 Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. Steven Maizes, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitrability arbitration-agreement bilateral-arbitration burden-of-proof class-arbitration delegation delegation-doctrine standard-arbitration-rules standard-of-review 1. Must a party overcome a higher burden to show that an arbitration agreement delegates to the arbitrator the power to decide the availability of cla…