No. 24-1297

Royal Merchant Holdings, LLC v. The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., et al.

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-06-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: arbitration due-process federal-arbitration-act judicial-proceedings pleading-standard procedural-rules
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a claim in arbitration must be asserted in a pleading at the outset of the case and whether the standard for procedural due process in arbitration is measured by judicial procedural rules, in potential conflict with precedent regarding arbitrations under the Federal Arbitration Act as an alternative to judicial proceedings

Question Presented (from Petition)

is: 1. Whether the decision below —that a claim in arbitration must be asserted in a pleading filed at the outset of the case and that the standard for procedural due process in arbitration is measured by cases decided under the judicial rules of procedure —is in express and direct conflict with the precedent of this Court that arbitrations under the Federal Arbitration Act are a true alternative to judicial proceedings.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-06
Waiver of The Ferraro Law Firm, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-06
Waiver of right of respondent The Ferraro Law Firm, et al. to respond filed.
2025-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2025)
2025-05-15
Application (24A1093) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 25, 2025.
2025-05-09
Application (24A1093) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2025 to July 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Royal Merchant Holdings, LLC
Eugene E. StearnsStearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterso, Petitioner
Eugene E. StearnsStearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterso, Petitioner
The Ferraro Law Firm, et al.
Jesse Michael PanuccioBoies Schiller Flexner LLP, Respondent
Jesse Michael PanuccioBoies Schiller Flexner LLP, Respondent