Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2022 Term
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether drivers making solely in-state deliveries of goods ordered by in-state customers from an instate warehouse are nevertheless a “class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce” for purposes of Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act simply because some of those goods crossed state lines before coming to rest at the warehouse?
Case Updates
Supreme Court grants, vacates, and remands petition
October 17, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court granted, vacated, and remanded the cert. petition regarding application of the FAA transportation worker exemption to local delivery drivers for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting this outcome.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari to resolve circuit split over application of the Federal Arbitration Act’s transportation worker exemption to local drivers delivering goods that once traveled in interstate commerce
July 18, 2022
Click here to view the brief. Andrew J. Pincus, Archis A. Parasharami, and Daniel E. Jones of Mayer Brown LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Lower Court Orders, Opinions -- Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Carmona (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Carmona (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf