No. 19-1080

Archer and White Sales, Inc. v. Henry Schein, Inc.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: arbitrability arbitration-agreement carve-out court-determination delegation equitable-estoppel nonsignatory
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2020-06-11 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an arbitration agreement that makes no mention of delegation 'clearly and unmistakably' delegates arbitrability with respect to actions that the agreement expressly carves out from both arbitration and any arguable delegation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented in the original petition therefore is: Whether an arbitration agreement that makes no mention of delegation “clearly and unmistakably” delegates arbitrability with respect to actions that the agreement expressly carves out from both arbitration and any arguable delegation. While that question is unworthy of review, the Court should also decide the following two predicate questions if it decides to take up this case at all: 1. Whether an arbitration agreement that identifies a set of arbitration rules to apply if there is arbitration clearly and unmistakably delegates to the arbitrator disputes about whether the parties agreed to arbitrate in the first place. 2. Whether an arbitrator or a court decides whether a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement can enforce the arbitration agreement through equitable estoppel. (1)

Docket Entries

2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-05-22
Reply of petitioner Archer and White Sales, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
2020-04-29
Brief of respondent Henry Schein, Inc. in opposition filed.
2020-04-02
Brief amicus curiae of Professor George A. Bermann filed.
2020-03-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 2, 2020 to May 1, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 1, 2020.
2020-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Archer and White Sales, Inc.
Lewis T. LeClairMcKool Smith, Petitioner
Lewis T. LeClairMcKool Smith, Petitioner
Henry Schein, Inc.
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Respondent
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Respondent
Professor George A. Bermann
Jack Samuel TenenbaumBluhm Legal Clinic Complex Civil Litigation and Investor Protection Center, Amicus
Jack Samuel TenenbaumBluhm Legal Clinic Complex Civil Litigation and Investor Protection Center, Amicus