No. 20-673

Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7 v. City of Chicago, Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitration-agreements arbitration-enforcement eastern-associated-coal-vs-umwa federal-arbitration-act federal-policy labor-arbitration public-policy public-policy-exception supreme-court-precedent united-paperworkers-vs-misco w-r-grace-vs-local-union
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA SocialSecurity LaborRelations Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Illinois Supreme Court erred as a matter of law by expanding the scope of the public policy exception to enforcement of labor arbitration awards

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Illinois Supreme Court erred as a matter of law by expanding the scope of the public policy exception to enforcement of labor arbitration awards in a way that impermissibly erodes the Federal public policy favoring enforcement of arbitration agreements and arbitration awards, as established by W.R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union No. 759, 461 U.S. 757, 103 8.Ct. 2177, 2183, 76 L.Ed.2d 298, 307 (1983); United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, Inc., 484 U.S. 29, 108 S.Ct. 364, 98 L.Ed.2d 286 (1987); and Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America, Dist. 17, 531 U.S. 57, 63, 121 S.Ct. 462, 148 L. Ed. 354 (2000)?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-25
Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago to respond filed.
2020-11-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2020)

Attorneys

City of Chicago
Benna Ruth SolomonCorporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Respondent
Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No.7
Brian Christopher HlavinBaum Sigman Auerbach & Neuman, Ltd., Petitioner