No. 22-226

Cintas Corporation, et al. v. Raymond Hawkins, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: arbitration civil-procedure contract-enforcement defined-contribution employee-rights erisa fiduciary-duty retirement-plan standing
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an agreement to arbitrate claims against an ERISA plan's fiduciaries under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA is enforceable without regard to whether the plan is a party to the agreement

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Cintas Corporation sponsors a defined contribution retirement plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Respondents are former Cintas employees who participated in the Cintas retirement plan. In their employment contracts with Cintas, respondents agreed that “all of [their] rights or claims arising out of or in any way related to [their] employment with” Cintas, “such as rights or claims arising under ... the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,” shall be resolved through arbitration. Respondents later filed a complaint in federal court asserting claims under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA, which authorizes any “participant, beneficiary or fiduciary” of a retirement plan to sue the plan’s fiduciaries for breach of their fiduciary duties. The question presented is: Whether an agreement to arbitrate claims against an ERISA plan’s fiduciaries under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA is enforceable without regard to whether the plan is a party to the agreement. (i)

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-20
2022-12-02
2022-10-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2022.
2022-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 2, 2022 to December 16, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-10-03
Response Requested. (Due November 2, 2022)
2022-09-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2022-09-22
Waiver of right of respondent Raymond Hawkins, et al. to respond filed.
2022-09-08
2022-07-19
Application (22A37) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 9, 2022.
2022-07-13
Application (22A37) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 26, 2022 to September 9, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Cintas Corporation, et al.
Robert N. HochmanSidley Austin, LLP, Petitioner
Robert N. HochmanSidley Austin, LLP, Petitioner
Raymond Hawkins and Robin Lung
Mark Kofi GyandohCapozzi Adler, P.C., Respondent
Mark Kofi GyandohCapozzi Adler, P.C., Respondent
Raymond Hawkins, et al.
John Randolph StokesStris & Maher, LLP, Respondent
John Randolph StokesStris & Maher, LLP, Respondent
Peter K. StrisStris and Maher LLP, Respondent
Peter K. StrisStris and Maher LLP, Respondent