No. 22-909

Kroger Limited Partnership I v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitrability arbitration civil-procedure federal-courts judgment-on-pleadings labor-arbitration labor-law pleadings presumption-in-favor-of-arbitrability rule-12c
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-05-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the universal standard for judgment on the pleadings apply to a Rule 12(c) motion to compel a labor arbitration or does the general principle of presumption in favor of arbitrability mean the federal courts must ignore the Rule 12(c) standards?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the universal standard for judgment on the pleadings apply to a Rule 12(¢) motion to compel a labor arbitration or does the general principle of presumption in favor of arbitrability mean the federal courts must ignore the Rule 12(¢) standards? 2. Do the federal courts lose their authority to decide arbitrability when to do so requires some consideration of the merits of the underlying dispute?

Docket Entries

2023-05-22
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-04-17
Waiver of right of respondent United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995 to respond filed.
2023-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2023)

Attorneys

Kroger Limited Partnership I
Patricia Anderson PryorJackson Lewis LLP, Petitioner
Patricia Anderson PryorJackson Lewis LLP, Petitioner
United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995
Scott TiftBarrett Johnston Martin & Carrison, PLLC, Respondent
Scott TiftBarrett Johnston Martin & Carrison, PLLC, Respondent