No. 21-224

Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 28-usc-1291 appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure common-law-agency employee-classification erisa-employee-definition final-judgment standard-of-review
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA Copyright WageAndHour EmploymentDiscrimina ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court of appeals have jurisdiction to reconsider its prior decision?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does a court of appeals have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 to decide an appeal from a final judgment that asks the court to reconsider its prior decision in the same case? 2. What is the standard of review for the mixed question of whether a worker is an “employee” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA): (i) clear error, as the Seventh and Tenth Circuits hold; (ii) a hybrid standard, as the Second and Eighth Circuits hold; or (iii) de novo, as the Sixth Circuit held here? 3. In Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Darden, 503 U.S. 318 (1992), the Court held that when Congress used the term “employee” in ERISA, Congress adopted the common-law agency definition of the word. May a court nonetheless modify Darden’s common-law test for an “employee” to suit ERISA’s perceived purpose and goals?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-09-06
Waiver of right of respondents American Family Insurance Company, et al. to respond filed.
2021-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2021)

Attorneys

American Family Insurance Company, et al.
Lauren Suzanne KuleySquire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Respondent
Lauren Suzanne KuleySquire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Respondent
Walid Jammal, et al.
Charles J. CruegerCRUEGER DICKINSON LLC, Petitioner
Charles J. CruegerCRUEGER DICKINSON LLC, Petitioner