| 25-855 |
The Visionary, Books + Cafe, LLC v. Bank OZK |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitral-award contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act judicial-review party-presentation-principle sua-sponte-grounds |
Whether a court must examine arbitral authority under 9 U.S.C. §10(a)(4) when an arbitrator interprets a contract |
| 25-764 |
Flintco, LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legal-interpretation tort-claims |
Whether placing the 'tort' label on a claim excludes that claim from the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties' contract |
| 25-6176 |
Melanie Nicole Moore v. Pooches of Largo, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
contract-interpretation employment-law flsa-retaliation judicial-procedure minimum-wage wage-dispute |
Whether the district court's characterization of a wage complaint as a mere contract dispute improperly stripped the Petitioner of FLSA retaliation pr… |
| 25-5355 |
Toya Gibson v. Ridgewells Catering |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
catering-industry contract-interpretation covid-19-restrictions employment-discrimination employment-guide workplace-rights |
Whether an employee was discriminated against by a catering company during the 2020 Women's Open due to Covid-19 restrictions and denied guaranteed wo… |
| 24-1311 |
Kevin T. Lavery v. Pursuant Health, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split contract-interpretation patent-law patent-misuse royalty-agreement stare-decisis |
Whether the Court should overrule Brulotte and Kimble or at least clarify that an agreement containing a post-expiration royalty is not per se patent … |
| 24-1145 |
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., et al. v. Skot Heckman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-07 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act mass-arbitration ninth-circuit severability-doctrine |
Whether the FAA protects all arbitration agreements or only traditional bilateral arbitration agreements and whether the FAA preempts California's sev… |
| 24-1104 |
Charles D. Hood v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration contract-interpretation dispute-resolution equal-protection private-contract remedy-rights |
Whether alternative means of dispute resolution are required for redress when a private contract mandates arbitration for controversies |
| 24-1103 |
Caleb D. Glick v. American Bar Association |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust-statutes constitutional-law contract-interpretation stare-decisis state-immunity supremacy-clause |
Whether the U.S. Constitution and Texas Constitution constitute binding contracts between parties, and whether an unenumurated immunity exists to anti… |
| 24-1073 |
Ghislaine Maxwell v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-04-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
contract-interpretation district-court federal-prosecutors plea-agreement prosecutorial-promise santobello-principle |
Under Santobello and common principles of contract interpretation, does a promise on behalf of the 'United States' or the 'Government' that is made by… |
| 24-789 |
ECB USA, Inc., a Florida Corporation, et al. v. Chubb Insurance Company of New Jersey, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split contract-interpretation erie-doctrine federal-common-law judicial-precedent state-law |
Whether under Erie v. Tompkins a federal court can apply federal common law rules of contract construction instead of New Jersey state law principles |
| 24-741 |
Levi Goldfarb, et al. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-01-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
accidental-death circuit-split contract-interpretation erisa insurance-policy mountain-climbing |
Whether an accidental death insurance policy subject to ERISA should determine the existence of an 'accident' by common law presumption or a 'reasonab… |
| 24-738 |
Juan Cartaya v. Travelers Indemnity Company |
Colorado |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
|
appraisal-process arbitration contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act insurance-law |
Whether the insurance industry's appraisal process constitutes arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act |
| 24-569 |
BMC Software, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
commercial-licensing contract-interpretation copyright-law fifth-circuit-ruling software-licensing trade-restraint |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in overriding a license agreement's plain language and holding that a contractual provision regarding the use of copyr… |
| 24A432 |
Mark Irland v. Marengo Memorial Hospital, dba Compass Memorial Healthcare, et al. |
Iowa |
2024-10-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights contract-interpretation employment-dispute release-provision settlement-agreement summary-judgment |
Whether a settlement agreement's broad release provision can preclude a party from pursuing subsequent litigation related to the settled claims despit… |
| 24-446 |
Roobina Zadoorian v. Gwinnett Technical College, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-action contract-interpretation spending-clause statute-of-limitations title-vi |
Does the U.S. Supreme Court characterize Title VI and other Spending Clause Statutes as 'Contract' or 'Personal Injury', and what is the appropriate s… |
| 24-257 |
Harley Marine Services, Incorporated v. Conrad Shipyard, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-authority appellate-review clearly-erroneous contract-interpretation corporate-liability fifth-circuit-ruling |
Whether the Fifth Circuit violated the fundamental principle of appellate review by affirming a trial court's ruling without evidentiary support for a… |
| 24-223 |
Paragon Asset Company, Ltd. v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-interpretation force-majeure maritime-law parol-evidence reasonable-care shipowner-liability |
Whether federal maritime law allows parol evidence to contradict unambiguous contract terms and whether a shipowner's duty of care during a force maje… |
| 24-217 |
SFA Holdings, Inc., fka SAKS Incorporated v. 4 Stratford Square Mall Holdings, LLC |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing contract-interpretation federalism lease-agreement summary-judgment waiver-doctrine |
Whether the Seventh Circuit improperly interpreted waiver of affirmative defenses and Article III standing in a lease dispute |
| 23A1092 |
SC SJ Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review bankruptcy contract-interpretation corporate-restructuring time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a bankruptcy court's interpretation of contractual provisions governing a corporate restructuring can be challenged through a petition for cer… |
| 23-1081 |
Joseph Stafiniak, et al. v. Marc Kirschner, as Trustee of the NWHI Litigation Trust, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-546e avoidance avoidance-action bankruptcy-code contract-interpretation financial-institution section-546e statutory-interpretation transfer-exemption transfer-interpretation |
Whether Section 101(22)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code should be interpreted on a contract-by-contract basis or a transfer-by-transfer basis when determini… |
| 23-1051 |
Great American Insurance Company v. Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc. |
Alabama |
2024-03-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
binding-resolution contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-law-vs-state-law independent-appraisal independent-appraisal-panel statutory-construction |
Does federal law or state law govern what qualifies as an arbitration' provision under the Federal Arbitration Act? |
| 23-1047 |
HSU Contracting, LLC v. Holton-Arms School, Inc. |
Maryland |
2024-03-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
aia-contract commerce-clause construction-industry construction-law contract-interpretation damages equal-protection small-businesses standard-contract-terms |
Whether the Maryland court violated the Commerce Clause and Equal Protection Clause in its interpretation of the AIA construction contract |
| 23-6860 |
Keyron Lamonte Binns v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company, AIG, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment contract-interpretation contract-law diversity-jurisdiction extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdictional-standing stare-decisis |
Did the U.S. Eastern District Court err in using extrinsic evidence to deny the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice despite no ambiguity in the insur… |
| 23-840 |
HomeServices of America, Inc., et al. v. Scott Burnett, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-02-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitrability-determination arbitration arbitration-delegation circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act nonsignatory nonsignatory-liability standing |
Whether the court must leave the question of arbitrability to the arbitrator, or whether the court may decide the question of arbitrability for itself |
| 23-661 |
Tug Hill Operating, LLC v. Lastephen Rogers |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitrability arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine delegation-of-arbitrability gateway-questions nonsignatories nonsignatory third-party-beneficiary |
Whether a court may interpret a nonsignatory's contractual rights despite a delegation of questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator |
| 23-518 |
In Re Henry Klein |
|
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-interpretation filed-rate-doctrine group-life-precedent group-life-vs-royal-drug insurance-regulation louisiana-insurance-code risk-spreading state-law-preemption supremacy-clause title-insurance |
Did the Louisiana district court violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution |
| 23-393 |
Shichinin, LLC v. Sprint Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement arbitration-venue contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act forum-shopping hawaii-arbitration-statute post-arbitration-proceedings venue volt-v-stanford |
Whether the FAA's venue provision can be abused to permit forum shopping for post-arbitration proceedings, contrary to the parties' agreement |
| 23-271 |
Ryan Lynch v. Condominiums of Buena Vista, Inc. |
Minnesota |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review arbitrability-clause arbitration-clause arbitration-standards contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act judicial-review procedural-rights state-courts statutory-interpretation |
When state courts misconstrue or ignore a written agreement controlling an arbitrability clause governed by the FAA, if the provisions under §2 and §4… |
| 23-269 |
Charles Juntikka v. Cadell & Chapman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement arbitrator-decision civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process equity-doctrine federal-arbitration-act serious-error stolt-nielsen-v-animal-feeds supreme-court-precedent |
Does the Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers holding that an arbitrator's 'serious error' does not suffice to overturn an arbitrator'… |
| 23-19 |
Bird Industries, Inc., et al. v. The Tribal Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-clause civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-tribe jurisdictional-waiver sovereign-immunity tribal-law |
Does inclusion of a mandatory arbitration clause in an Agreement with an Indian Tribe waive the Tribe's sovereign immunity? |
| 23-3 |
Coinbase, Inc. v. David Suski, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-scope civil-procedure contract-interpretation delegation-clause dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-review jurisdiction |
Whether an arbitrator or a court should decide whether an arbitration agreement is narrowed by a later contract that is silent as to arbitration and d… |
| 22-7383 |
Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution |
Can the courts substitute the United States as a defendant in a diversity action brought under Section 1346 of the Federal Tort Claims Act without mak… |
| 22-968 |
Ginger Atherton v. Key Bank, N.A. |
Washington |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
|
arbitrability arbitration-agreement conditions-precedent contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction preemption state-court-jurisdiction state-courts |
When there is a valid and enforceable agreement to arbitrate, and the dispute is within the scope of the arbitration agreement, does the FAA preempt s… |
| 22-935 |
Transervice Logistics, Inc., et al. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law circuit-split collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-termination evergreen-clause labor-agreement labor-law notice-requirement notice-requirements |
Whether a notice of termination for a collective bargaining agreement must contain a clear statement of an intent to terminate the agreement |
| 22-7096 |
Appellant 1 and Appellant 2 v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-discretion appellate-procedure breach constitutional contract-interpretation cooperation-agreement crime-of-violence judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Was it unconstitutional and improper for the Fifth Circuit to rely on the government's newly argued application of an undefined contract provision to … |
| 22-518 |
Petrobras America Inc., et al. v. Transcor Astra Group S.A., et al. |
Texas |
2022-12-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
arbitrability arbitration-clause contract contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine federal-courts judicial-review state-courts superseded-contract superseding-contract |
Whether the arbitrator or a court must decide whether a contract has been superseded by a subsequent contract |
| 22-470 |
Oceltip Aviation 1 Pty Ltd. v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration arbitration-provision choice-of-law contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act federal-common-law state-law state-standards |
Whether courts may displace state contract interpretation principles with a federal common law rule requiring 'clear intent' to opt out of the Federal… |
| 22-103 |
Gavin Clarkson v. Board of Regents of New Mexico State University, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
|
§1983-claim administrative-law administrative-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process sovereign-immunity summary-judgment |
Should an appeals court supplement the record when the government materially misleads the lower Court, either intentionally or unintentionally, regard… |
| 22-102 |
John Doe, et al. v. Airbnb, Inc. |
Florida |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
arbitrability arbitration-agreement clear-and-unmistakable clear-and-unmistakable-evidence contract-interpretation dispute-resolution first-options-v-kaplan presumption procedural-rules |
Whether the provision in an arbitration agreement that the arbitration will be administered under a particular set of procedural rules, which give the… |
| 22-20 |
John Klaas v. Allstate Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
allstate benefit-termination circuit-court-interpretation contract-interpretation early-retirement eleventh-circuit employee-rights erisa erisa-benefits retirement-benefits |
Did the Eleventh Circuit critically err by concluding that the written agreements by the parties unambiguously reserved to Allstate the right to termi… |
| 21-1551 |
Jamar E. Plunkett v. Dan Sproul |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-10 |
Denied |
|
ambiguity contract-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-interpretation plea-agreement rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a plea agreement that is subject to more than one reasonable interpretation must be interpreted in the defendant's favor |
| 21-8109 |
Eric Ray Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
or whether the court of appeals should first cons ambiguity contract-interpretation cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure government-as-drafter judicial-construction plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a reasonable ambiguity in a cooperation or plea agreement necessarily defeats a defendant's claim of breach on plain error review, or whether … |
| 21-7077 |
Catherine Kurkjian v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-obligations bad-faith-doctrine civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law contract-reprisal government-contracts lost-profits statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses |
| 21-856 |
Barry D. Bilder v. Janice Dykstra |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agreement-construction civil-procedure clean-hands contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation contract-law contract-terms due-process fact-determination fraud good-faith legal-definition |
In contracts, after signing an agreement, is the term, 'new fact,' applicable to a fact that is new and previously unknown to one party, or new and pr… |
| 21-602 |
Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al. v. Michigan Education Association, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
benefit-vesting civil-rights cnh-industrial-v-reese contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation employee-benefits erisa extrinsic-evidence plan-interpretation retiree-medical-plan vesting |
Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face may be shown by extrinsic evidence to provide for vesting of post-retirement benefits |
| 21-592 |
Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-interpretation decade-and-a-half Gibson-Dunn inconsistent-positions judicial-estoppel legal-ethics medical-license oath settlement-agreement USC whistleblower-claims |
Under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, should the lower courts have upheld the sanctity of the oath and estopped USC and Gibson Dunn from arguing in… |
| 21-196 |
SNH SE Ashley River Tenant, LLC, et al. v. Thayer W. Arredondo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Hubert Whaley, Deceased |
South Carolina |
2021-08-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
agency agency-law arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements contract-interpretation equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act powers-of-attorney preemption |
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the South Carolina Supreme Court's approach to construing comprehensive powers of attorney to preclude an… |
| 21-111 |
NC Financial Solutions of Utah, LLC v. Virginia, ex rel. Mark R. Herring, Attorney General |
Virginia |
2021-07-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process federal-preemption individual-relief litigation-exception non-signatory standing state-attorney-general |
Whether a state attorney general who is not a signatory to an arbitration agreement may bring claims that are covered by the agreement and seek indivi… |
| 21-51 |
Central Payment Co., LLC v. Custom Hair Designs by Sandy, LLC, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification contract-interpretation contractual-rights-and-obligations federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individualized-defenses rule-23 rules-enabling-act |
Whether a class may be certified under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when the class claims turn on materially different contractual … |
| 20-1804 |
In Re Peter R. Culpepper |
|
2021-06-25 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-act arbitration-award contract-interpretation employment-agreement federal-arbitration-act federal-law judicial-discretion preemption state-law tennessee-uniform-arbitration-act vacatur |
Whether the FAA preempts the Tennessee Uniform Arbitration Act |
| 20-7927 |
Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether a party's responsive pleading must admit or deny the statement(s) in the other party's pleading, such as whether a copy of the parties' contra… |
| 20-7841 |
Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions |
What is the proper and legal Date Of Accrual in this case? |
| 20-1494 |
Nob Hill General Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause ninth-circuit precedent precedential-value publication-rules |
Whether a contractual 'notwithstanding' clause precludes the applicability of competing contractual language |
| 20-1352 |
Alexander Christian Miles v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-waiver collateral-attack collateral-attack-waiver contract-interpretation contract-law judicial-interpretation plea-agreement plea-colloquy |
Whether oral pronouncements by the court or the government at a plea colloquy which clarify the extent of an appellate and collateral attack waiver in… |
| 20-6858 |
Benjamin Mario Soto v. AFSCME Union Council 5 Local 12181, et al. |
Minnesota |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct state-constitution |
employment-contractual-due-process-property-rights |
| 20-829 |
WasteCare Corporation v. Harmony Enterprises, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitrability arbitration-agreement arbitration-rules carve-out circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation delegation-doctrine exempt-claims |
Whether an arbitration agreement that expressly carves out specific claims to be exempt from the provision clearly and unmistakably delegates arbitrab… |
| 20-743 |
DISH Network L.L.C. v. United States, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
Dismissed |
|
circuit-split common-law-agency contract-interpretation contractual-performance-standards federal-communications-commission performance-standards telemarketing telemarketing-law vicarious-liability |
Whether vicarious liability must be assessed in light of the four bedrock theories of common law agency, or whether a contractual term imposing perfor… |
| 20-622 |
Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Bernadean Rittmann, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
arbitration-exemption arbitration-regimes contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-delivery ninth-circuit seamen-railroad-employees transportation-workers |
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce prevents the Act's application to loc… |
| 20-6159 |
Nelson L. Bruce v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arbitrability arbitration-clause contract-interpretation contract-validity delegation-clause dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction-challenge redress-of-grievance |
Whether the agreement/contract evidences an arbitration clause |
| 20-514 |
Edward F. Sadjadi, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contingent-obligations contract-interpretation debt-repayment irs irs-agreement offer-in-compromise payment-terms statutory-obligation tax-compliance tax-payments |
Whether the Offer in Compromise (OIC) form contains clear and unambiguous language regarding the obligation to comply with tax payments for the next f… |
| 20-68 |
Cheetah Omni LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-interpretation contract-law federal-circuit federal-common-law implied-license license-continuation patent patent-law rodriguez-v-fdic uniquely-federal-interests |
Did the Federal Circuit violate Rodriguez when it invoked its own federal common law rule, superseding controlling state contract law, to hold that a … |
| 20-55 |
William A. Anderson v. American General Life Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-22 |
Denied |
|
arbitration arbitration-defense contract-interpretation contract-law due-process evidence-falsification false-evidence judicial-misconduct officer-of-court officer-of-the-court |
Is an arbitrator's assertion of a defense on behalf of a defendant a violation? |
| 20-28 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al. v. Timothy Laurent, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure contract-interpretation equitable-relief equitable-remedies erisa erisa-interpretation monetary-damages plan-reformation remedial-sections statutory-construction |
Whether the Second Circuit improperly combined parts of two separate remedial sections under ERISA, interpreting § 502(a)(3) to permit reformation of … |
| 19-1382 |
Sterling Jewelers, Inc. v. Laryssa Jock, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
absent-class-members arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitrator-authority class-arbitration consent consent-requirement contract-interpretation due-process lamps-plus lamps-plus-v-varela stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-v-animalfeeds |
Whether an arbitrator may compel class arbitration without finding actual consent, and instead based only on a finding that the agreement does not una… |
| 19-1334 |
Signode Industrial Group LLC, et al. v. Harold Stone, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split cnh-industrial collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law contract-termination employee-benefits labor-law lifetime-benefits m-and-g-polymers vested-benefits vested-rights |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with decisions reached by at least two other federal courts of appeals and in spite of this … |
| 19-1227 |
Judith Kerns, et al. v. Caterpillar, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collective-bargaining collectively-bargained-agreements contract-interpretation durational-clause ERISA healthcare-benefits m-and-g-polymers M&G-Polymers-v-Tackett retiree-benefits sixth-circuit surviving-spouse vesting |
Did the Sixth Circuit misapply M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett and related cases to find that Group 2 surviving spouses have no right to healthcare b… |
| 19-1165 |
Chuck Willis v. Tower Loan of Mississippi, LLC |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
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arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitrator-selection baseline-intent-to-arbitrate circuit-split contract-formation contract-interpretation definite-agreement gorsuch-dissent intent-to-arbitrate meeting-of-minds meeting-of-the-minds standard-of-review |
Whether the parties entered into a sufficiently definite agreement to arbitrate despite multiple discrepancies between the arbitration agreements |
| 19-1154 |
Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, et al. v. Andrew Phillips, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Phillips, et al. |
Arkansas |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
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contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law federal-arbitration-act mutuality-of-assent mutuality-of-obligation preemption state-law-rules third-party-beneficiaries |
Whether the FAA preempts a state-law contract rule that singles out arbitration agreements |
| 19-963 |
Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (3) |
appellate-conflict arbitrability arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law delegation-doctrine federal-arbitration-act federal-courts questions-of-arbitrability state-courts |
Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negates an otherwise clear and unmistakable delegation of… |
| 19-389 |
Jay Anthony Dobyns v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law duty-of-good-faith fair-dealing federal-circuit federal-contracts federal-government good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing government-contracts undercover-agents |
Whether the duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in all contracts, including contracts between private parties and the United States, permits a… |
| 19-341 |
Augustine Pacheco, et al. v. Honeywell International Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
age-65-promise collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation contract-law explicit-terms federal-common-law healthcare-vesting implied-terms industry-practice retirement-healthcare vesting |
Whether the Eighth Circuit conflicts with this Court's holding that retirement healthcare vesting may be proved by 'explicit terms', 'implied terms', … |
| 19-331 |
Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC v. Jessica Gingras, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
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arbitrability arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation contract-law court-jurisdiction delegation-provision federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction |
Whether Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to decide any challenge to a delegation provision's validity before the court may pr… |
| 19-165 |
Daniel T. Morgan v. Sheri A. Morgan |
Pennsylvania |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
alimony-contract appellate-court contract contract-interpretation due-process en-banc judicial-procedure jurisdiction jurisdiction-limitation overrule same-case |
Whether it is due process of law for an intermediate appellate court, not en banc, to overrule its decision in the same case |
| 18-1546 |
Century III Mall PA LLC v. Sears Roebuck & Co. |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
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9-usc-10a4 arbitration-award arbitration-review arbitrator-authority binding-arbitration civil-litigation contract-interpretation contractual-rights dispute-resolution judicial-restraint lease-valuation prudential-restraint scope-of-authority statutory-interpretation |
At what point does an arbitrator's exercise of his or her authority to interpret a contract cross a boundary into an impermissible re-writing of that … |
| 18-1415 |
ASARCO LLC v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
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arbitration-authority arbitrator-authority arbitrator-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation due-process judicial-review labor-arbitration labor-law no-add-provision remedial-limits remedial-power scope-of-authority waiver |
Whether an arbitrator can reform a collective bargaining agreement by adding language despite a contractual provision prohibiting the arbitrator from … |
| 18-1288 |
Jean Coulter v. ADT Security Services, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
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choice-of-law civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection contract contract-interpretation contract-renewal contractual-limitations contractual-period due-process fraud fraud-in-inducement implied-contract public-safety statute-of-limitations |
Did ADT Security Services commit fraud in inducement, and is it applicable for renewals or later implied contracts? |
| 18-1083 |
Garda CL Northwest, Inc., fka AT Systems, Inc. v. Lawrence Hill, et al. |
Washington |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
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collective-bargaining-agreement labor-management-relations-act-301 mental-state preemption unreasonableness willfulness collective-bargaining contract-interpretation federal-labor-law labor-preemption labor-relations lmra mental-state preemption statutory-construction waiver-interpretation |
Whether a state labor claim that requires the plaintiff to show that an employer acted with 'willfulness,' 'unreasonableness,' or other mental state, … |
| 18-1011 |
Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc. |
Texas |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause which then preempts incompatible state law - civi commerce-clause contract-interpretation employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause supreme-clause texas-arbitration-act |
Whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" to be within the coverage of Section … |
| 18-1002 |
Cynthia Davis, et al. v. Valsamis, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
admiralty-law carnival-cruise-lines carnival-cruise-lines-v-shute contract-interpretation cruise-line-liability fundamental-fairness judicial-scrutiny limitation-of-liability majestic-the maritime-law notice-requirement passenger-ticket passenger-tickets pre-suit-notice the-majestic ticket-limitation |
whether-cruise-ship-passenger-ticket-fairly-communicated-pre-suit-notice-requirement |
| 18-7551 |
Joel Gomez v. Mary Berghuis, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law contract-validity due-process equal-protection legal-standards standing state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining the existence of a valid contract under state law |
| 18-811 |
JPay, Inc. v. Cynthia Kobel, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitrability arbitrability-delegation arbitration-agreement class-arbitration contract-interpretation contractual-language dispute-resolution oxford-health-plans parties-intentions presumption stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-presumption |
Whether courts may presume parties intended to let an arbitrator decide if class arbitration is available when they 'simply agree[d] to submit' disput… |
| 18-685 |
Lynn Robinson, et al. v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adhesion-contract adhesion-contracts airline-deregulation-act common-law common-law-contract consumer-rights contract-interpretation contract-law forfeiture statutory-interpretation unconscionability |
Whether a court may use and apply a State's common-law contract laws, rules and principles to interpret and construe an airline's adhesion contract wi… |
| 18-467 |
Barbara Fletcher, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ambiguity-principles circuit-split civil-rights collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation due-process erisa federal-common-law labor-management-relations-act retiree-healthcare supreme-court-precedent |
Whether collectively-bargained retiree healthcare benefits may be implied and do not require unequivocal contract language |
| 18-175 |
Applied Underwriters, Inc., et al. v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC, et al. |
California |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
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arbitrability arbitration-act arbitration-agreement choice-of-law contract-interpretation delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-hostility preemption rent-a-center-v-jackson state-arbitration-principles state-substantive-law Whether a litigant can avoid enforcement of a cont |
Whether a general choice-of-law clause in a contract that contains an arbitration agreement should be read to import state substantive law without imp… |
| 18-174 |
Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company, Inc. v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC, et al. |
Nebraska |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
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arbitrability-delegation arbitration arbitration-agreement choice-of-law contract-interpretation delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-hostility judicial-hostility-to-arbitration preemption state-law substantive-law |
Whether a general choice-of-law clause in a contract that contains an arbitration agreement should incorporate state substantive law without incorpora… |