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Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, et al. v. Adan Ortiz, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-55147, 23-55149 · judgment March 12, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 19% cert probability (95% interval 14%–24%)

Before the decision, about 4.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Are employees who handle goods that travel in interstate commerce—but who do not transport those goods across borders and whose work does not directly engage with interstate transportation— “transportation workers” “engaged in foreign or interstate commerce” for purposes of the Federal Arbitration Act’s § 1 exemption?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Traci L. Lovitt
Jones Day

For respondent
Leah Marie Nicholls
Public Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Aug 28 2024
    Reply of petitioners Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC & Randstad North America, Inc., filed. (Distributed)
  4. Aug 12 2024
    Brief of respondents Adan Ortiz, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 12 2024
    Brief amicus curiae of American Staffing Association filed.
  6. Jul 10 2024
    Letter submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 from counsel for respondents XPO Logistics Supply Chain, Inc., et al. filed.
  7. Jul 03 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 12, 2024.
  8. Jun 26 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 12, 2024 to August 12, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jun 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2024)