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Royal Merchant Holdings, LLC v. The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., et al.
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D2022-1851 · judgment June 12, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The question presented is: 1. Whether the decision below—that a claim in arbitration must be asserted in a pleading filed at the outset of the case and that the standard for procedural due process in arbitration is measured by cases decided under the judicial rules of procedure—is in express and direct conflict with the precedent of this Court that arbitrations under the Federal Arbitration Act are a true alternative to judicial proceedings.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eugene E. Stearns
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterso
For respondent
Jesse Michael Panuccio
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 06 2025Waiver of right of respondent The Ferraro Law Firm, et al. to respond filed.
- Jun 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2025)
- May 15 2025Application (24A1093) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 25, 2025.
- May 09 2025Application (24A1093) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2025 to July 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.