No. 20-237

Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc. v. William B. Sparks, et al.

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2020-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-court-decisions federal-arbitration-act insurance-contracts interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-arbitration-statute
Key Terms:
Arbitration LaborRelations JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state arbitration statute that excludes insurance contracts from its scope can qualify as a 'law enacted by [a] State for the purpose of regulating the business of insurance' under the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and support reverse preemption of the Federal Arbitration Act

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Epic Systems, Corporation v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018), this Court “rejected efforts to conjure conflicts between the [Federal] Arbitration Act and other federal statutes[,]” as it has done with “every such effort to date[.]” Jd. at 1627 (emphasis in original). The state supreme court in this case conjures a conflict, this time purporting to preempt the FAA based on the Oklahoma Arbitration Act and (mis)application of the McCarran—Ferguson Act. Its opinion deepens a split in authority involving other state courts of last resort and federal courts of appeals analyzing these same issues, and it is at odds with this Court’s precedent. The two-part question presented is: Whether, in a case involving interstate commerce and a written contract with an arbitration provision that expressly requires application of the FAA, a state arbitration statute that by its terms “shall not apply to *** contracts which reference insurance” (a) qualifies as a “law enacted by [a] State for the purpose of regulating the business of insurance” under the McCarran—Ferguson Act, and (b) can support reverse preemption of the FAA based on an asserted impairment of such a state law. (i)

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-12
Reply of petitioner Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc. filed.
2020-10-28
Brief of respondents Willia Sparks, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-09-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2020.
2020-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 28, 2020 to October 28, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc.
Jay N. VaronFoley & Lardner LLP, Petitioner
Jay N. VaronFoley & Lardner LLP, Petitioner
Willia Sparks, et al.
Robert Ryan DeligansDurbin, Larimore & Bialick, Respondent
Robert Ryan DeligansDurbin, Larimore & Bialick, Respondent