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Flowers Foods, Inc., et al. v. Angelo Brock
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-1182 · judgment November 12, 2024
Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a business petitioner, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Are workers who deliver locally goods that travel in interstate commerce-but who do not transport the goods across borders nor interact with vehicles that cross borders-"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
Jennifer Dale Bennett
Gupta Wessler LLP
Case
Subject area
Unions (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage · 18 merits
(10 supporting pet./neither, 8 respondent)
Linked docket
25A789
Order
Order list, October 20, 2025 · Certiorari granted
Argument & decision
Argued March 25, 2026 — Traci L. Lovitt · Jennifer D. Bennett. Listen and read along · the Court’s audio
Decided May 28, 2026. Opinion by Gorsuch.
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Judgment Issued.
- May 28 2026Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
- Mar 25 2026Argued. For petitioners: Traci L. Lovitt, New York, N. Y. For respondent: Jennifer D. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal.
- Mar 02 2026Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
- Feb 25 2026CIRCULATED
- Feb 17 2026Reply of petitioners Flower Foods, Inc., et al. filed.
- Feb 11 2026Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
- Feb 04 2026Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
- Jan 30 2026SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Law Project filed.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amici curiae of Professors, et al. filed.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed.
- Jan 22 2026Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed.
- Jan 21 2026Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
- Jan 20 2026Brief amici curiae of Public Justice, et al. filed.
- Jan 15 2026Brief of respondent Angelo Brock filed.
- Jan 09 2026Application (25A789) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
- Jan 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted in part and the time is extended to and including January 15, 2026.
- Jan 07 2026Application (25A789) to extend the time to file the reply brief on the merits, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
- Jan 06 2026Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
- Jan 02 2026Motion of Angelo Brock for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (January 06, 2026)
- Dec 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including January 12, 2026.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Workforce Innovation filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amici curiae of Missouri, et al. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of Menzies Aviation, Inc. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law, et al. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amici curiae of Independent Bakers Association, et al. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of Amazon.com, Inc. filed.
- Dec 11 2025Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Law Council filed.
- Dec 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Pioneer New England Legal Foundation filed.
- Dec 05 2025Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.
- Dec 04 2025Brief of petitioners Flower Foods, Inc., et al. filed.
- Dec 04 2025Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
- Oct 20 2025Petition GRANTED.
- Oct 14 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Oct 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Jul 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 16 2025Reply of petitioners Flower Foods, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 26 2025Brief of respondent Angelo Brock in opposition filed.
- May 20 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 26, 2025.
- May 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 27, 2025 to June 26, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 21 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 27, 2025.
- Apr 17 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 28, 2025 to May 28, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 31 2025Brief amici curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, et al. filed.
- Mar 28 2025Response Requested. (Due April 28, 2025)
- Mar 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Mar 13 2025Waiver of right of respondent Angelo Brock to respond filed.
- Feb 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 31, 2025)