No. 23-479

Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers
Key Terms:
Arbitration WageAndHour Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the FAA's residual clause exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but primarily performs intra-state transportation?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Federal Arbitration Act exempts the “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.” 9 U.S.C. § 1. The Seventh Circuit has held that this exemption applies to any member of a class of workers that is engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers across state lines. The Ninth, First, and Third Circuits have added additional requirements: The class of workers must be primarily engaged in interstate work rather than in intra-state work and the transportation performed must primarily be long-distance rather than short or local. The question presented is: Does the residual clause in Section 1 of the FAA exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but primarily performs intra-state transportation?

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-08
2023-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2023)
2023-09-27
Application (23A265) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 3, 2023.
2023-09-22
Application (23A265) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 4, 2023 to November 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jaswinder Singh
Matthew D MillerSwartz Swidler, LLC, Petitioner
Matthew D MillerSwartz Swidler, LLC, Petitioner