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Cintas Corporation, et al. v. Raymond Hawkins, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 21-3156 · judgment April 27, 2022
Before the decision, about 2.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Cintas Corporation sponsors a defined contribution retirement plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Respondents are former Cintas employees who participated in the Cintas retirement plan. In their employment contracts with Cintas, respondents agreed that “all of [their] rights or claims arising out of or in any way related to [their] employment with” Cintas, “such as rights or claims arising under … the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,” shall be resolved through arbitration. Respondents later filed a complaint in federal court asserting claims under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA, which authorizes any “participant, beneficiary or fiduciary” of a retirement plan to sue the plan’s fiduciaries for breach of their fiduciary duties. The question presented is: Whether an agreement to arbitrate claims against an ERISA plan’s fiduciaries under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA is enforceable without regard to whether the plan is a party to the agreement. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert N. Hochman
Sidley Austin, LLP
For respondent
Mark Kofi Gyandoh
Capozzi Adler, P.C.
Proceedings
- Jan 09 2023Petition DENIED.
- Dec 21 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
- Dec 20 2022Reply of petitioners Cintas Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 02 2022Brief of respondents Raymond Hawkins, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 11 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2022.
- Oct 10 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 2, 2022 to December 16, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 03 2022Response Requested. (Due November 2, 2022)
- Sep 28 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
- Sep 22 2022Waiver of right of respondent Raymond Hawkins, et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 08 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2022)
- Jul 19 2022Application (22A37) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 9, 2022.
- Jul 13 2022Application (22A37) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 26, 2022 to September 9, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.