No. 18-1011

Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-02-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause which then preempts incompatible state law - civi commerce-clause contract-interpretation employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause supreme-clause texas-arbitration-act
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" to be within the coverage of Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a “contract evidencing a _ transaction involving commerce” in order to be within coverage of Section 2 of the FAA, which only then preempts incompatible state law by virtue of the Supremacy Clause, and which under this Court’s decisions in Bernhardt and Lopez, requires evidence that while performing her employment duties Lopez’s activities “substantially affect” interstate commerce. Alternatively, the Court should reconsider its interpretation of “a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce” under Section 2 of the FAA and conclude the FAA preempts incompatible state law only with evidence that while performing her employment duties Lopez’s activities “substantially affect” interstate commerce. i

Docket Entries

2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent ReadyOne Industries, Inc. to respond filed.
2019-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2019)

Attorneys

Iveth Rodriguez Lopez
James F. ScherrScherr & Legate, PLLC, Petitioner
ReadyOne Industries, Inc.
Sabre Anthony SafiMounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan, P.C., Respondent