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Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Jennifer Miller, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-36048 · judgment September 1, 2023
Before the decision, about 5.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s exemption for “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce,” 9 U.S.C. 1, extends to delivery drivers who make local deliveries of goods, including locally stocked food and items, because those goods were shipped from other states at some prior point in time.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Edward Kenneally Jr.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
For respondent
Hillary Ada Schwab
Fair Work, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Apr 22 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.
- Apr 17 2024Supplemental brief of petitioners Amazon.com, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
- Dec 21 2023Reply of petitioners Amazon.com, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 20 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Dec 18 2023Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
- Dec 18 2023Brief of respondents Jennifer Miller, et al. in opposition filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 22 2023Brief amicus curiae of Civil Justice Association of California filed.
- Nov 14 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including December 18, 2023.
- Nov 09 2023Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioners filed.
- Nov 07 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2023 to December 22, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 19 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 22, 2023)