No. 24-128

Caf Dowlah v. American Arbitration Association, et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitral-immunity butz-v-economou civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process federal-arbitration-act fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct res-judicata
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a conflict exist between the Federal Arbitration Act and Butz v. Economou regarding arbitral immunity?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. Does a conflict exist between the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16) and the Supreme Court decision in Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478 (1978), regarding arbitral immunity, and does granting absolute immunity to arbitrators and arbitration agencies, when they are allegedly involved in fraud, violate the Fourteenth Amendment? B. Are the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel subject to the broad : discretion of presiding judges, and can they be applied when only one of four defendants was a party in a prior action, with the subject matter and relief sought in the subsequent case being entirely different? : C. Is a judgment valid if a court issues a prewritten decision following a sham hearing, and do appellate courts violate constitutional rights by failing to overturn or remand judgments allegedly tainted by procedural flaws, judicial errors, and misconduct? ii :

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-04
Brief of Deborah Gaines in opposition submitted.
2024-09-04
2024-08-16
Waiver of Professional Staff Congress/CUNY of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-16
Waiver of right of respondents Professional Staff Congress/CUNY to respond filed.
2024-08-13
Waiver of City University of New York of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent City University of New York to respond filed.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2024)

Attorneys

Caf Dowlah
Caf Dowlah — Petitioner
Caf Dowlah — Petitioner
City University of New York
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Respondent
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Respondent
Deborah Gaines
Adonaid Casado MedinaBarker Patterson & Nichols LLP, Respondent
Adonaid Casado MedinaBarker Patterson & Nichols LLP, Respondent
Professional Staff Congress/CUNY
David Mark SlutskyLevy Ratner, P.C., Respondent
David Mark SlutskyLevy Ratner, P.C., Respondent