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Sojourner Rudisill v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 21-1093 · judgment September 27, 2021
Certiorari denied · May 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
Whether the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) permits courts to exercise jurisdiction over due process challenges to decisions rendered by RLA arbitration panels.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexandra Mansbach
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
For respondent
Jacob Raffel Karabell
Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- May 31 2022Petition DENIED.
- May 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
- May 09 2022Reply of petitioner Sojourner Rudisill filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 22 2022Brief of respondent American Airlines, Inc. (the successor to US Airways) in opposition filed.
- Apr 22 2022Brief of respondent International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in opposition filed.
- Mar 03 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 22, 2022, for all respondents.
- Mar 02 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 24, 2022 to April 22, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 22 2022Response Requested. (Due March 24, 2022)
- Feb 09 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
- Jan 28 2022Waiver of right of respondent International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to respond filed.
- Jan 12 2022Waiver of right of respondent US Airways/American Airlines, Inc. to respond filed.
- Dec 27 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 31, 2022)