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