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Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-5174 · judgment March 5, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act displaces a state common-law rule forbidding companies from adding an arbitration requirement to their standardform contract with customers unless the contract already includes a dispute-resolution clause.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
For respondent
Donald K. Vowell
The Vowell Law Firm
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- May 31 2022Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American Bankers Association, et al. GRANTED.
- May 31 2022Petition DENIED.
- May 23 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
- Dec 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 01 2021Reply of petitioner Branch Banking & Trust Company filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 12 2021Brief of respondents Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 22 2021Response to motion from respondent Sevier County Schools Federal Credit Union, et al. filed.
- Oct 12 2021Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by American Bankers Association, et al.
- Sep 27 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
- Sep 24 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2021 to November 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 07 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2021)