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Fast Auto Loans, Inc. v. Joe Maldonado, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, No. G058645 · judgment January 11, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
QUEST ION PRESENTED IsCali fornia ’sMcG i ll rule,underwhichagreements forindividual ized arbitra tion areinval ida ted when ap la inti ffseek s publ ic injunct iverel ief,preempt ed bythe FederalA rbi tration Ac t(“FAA ” ),9 U.S .C.§1 etseq. ,giventhisCou rt ’ shold ingsthat : • the FAArequir escourt sto“enfo r c ea rb itrat ion agreement sa cco rding to the ir terms, ”Lamp sPlu s,Inc .v.Vare la,139S . Ct .1407,1413(2019) ; • arb itration ag reements w ith term s requir ing“ ind ividual ized ”a rbi trat ionare “protec t[ed]pret tyabsolu tely”bytheFAA, Epic Systems Corp .v.L ewis, 138 S .C t . 1612,1621(2018 ) ; •s tatelawi spreemptedifit“standsasan obs ta c letothea ccompl ishmen tandexecut iono ftheful lpurposesandob j ect ives ” of the FAA , AT&T M obi lity LLC v. Concepc ion,563 U.S.333,352(2011) ; •s tatescanno tca rveoutparti cularca tego - r iesofdisputesfromth eoperat ionofthe FAA, Marme t H eal th Ca r eC tr. ,Inc.v. Brown,565 U.S.530,532(2012) ;and •s tate courts “must abide by the FAA, whichis‘thesup reme Lawo fthe Land , ’ U.S . Con s t.,A r t.V I ,c l.2, and bythe opinion so fthis Courtinterpret ingthat law,”Ni tro-Li ftT e chs .,L .L .C.v. Howard, 568 U.S .17 ,18(2012 )? ( i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mark Jay Levin
Ballard Spahr LLP
For respondent
Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler PLLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 13 2021Petition DENIED.
- Nov 23 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
- Nov 18 2021Reply of petitioner Fast Auto Loans, Inc. filed.
- Nov 08 2021Brief of respondents Joe Maldonado, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 20 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 8, 2021.
- Oct 19 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 21 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 25, 2021.
- Sep 19 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 24, 2021 to October 25, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 16 2021Supplemental brief of petitioner Fast Auto Loans, Inc. filed.
- Aug 25 2021Response Requested. (Due September 24, 2021)
- Aug 11 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Aug 04 2021Waiver of right of respondent Joe Maldonado, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 07 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)