No. 21-365

Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: arbitration-requirement circuit-court-split contract-law customer-dispute-resolution dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act standard-form-contract state-common-law
Key Terms:
Arbitration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-05-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standard-form contract with customers

Question Presented (from Petition)

Question Presented Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standardform contract with customers unless the contract already includes a dispute-resolution clause.

Docket Entries

2022-05-31
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American Bankers Association, et al. GRANTED.
2022-05-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
2021-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-01
Reply of petitioner Branch Banking & Trust Company filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-12
Brief of respondents Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-10-22
Response to motion from respondent Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. filed.
2021-10-12
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American Bankers Association, et al.
2021-09-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2021-09-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2021 to November 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2021)

Attorneys

American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and Consumer Bankers Association
Mark Jay LevinBallard Spahr LLP, Amicus
Mark Jay LevinBallard Spahr LLP, Amicus
Branch Banking & Trust Company
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al.
Donald K. VowellThe Vowell Law Firm, Respondent
Donald K. VowellThe Vowell Law Firm, Respondent